Genus Solobacterium Phylum Firmicutes Rank Species | Family Erysipelotrichidae Scientific name Solobacterium moorei Higher classification Solobacterium Order Erysipelotrichia | |
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Similar Atopobium, Selenomonad, Eubacterium, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola | ||
Solobacterium moorei is a bacterium that has been identified as a contributor to halitosis. It is a gram-negative anaerobic bacillus, erroneously known as Bulleidia moorei, in the family Erysipelotrichaceae of the order Erysipelotrichales. This particular strain was identified by Kageyama and Benno in 2000, previously an unclassified Clostridium group RCA59.
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