Domain Bacteria Family Holophagaceae Phylum Acidobacteria Order Holophagales | Class Holophagae Genus Holophaga Rank Species | |
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Similar Geothrix fermentans, Acidobacteria, Chloracidobacterium, Sphaerobacter, Dictyoglomus thermophilum | ||
Holophaga foetida is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is a homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds. It is gram-negative, obligately anaerobic and rod-shaped, with type strain TMBS4 (DSM 6591). Its genome has been sequenced.
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