Kingdom Bacteria Family Intrasporangiaceae Phylum Actinobacteria Order Actinomycetales | Suborder Micrococcineae Genus Tetrasphaera Rank Species Subclass Actinobacteridae | |
Similar Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis, Candidatus Accumulibacter, Intrasporangiaceae, Actinomycetales, Dechloromonas | ||
Tetrasphaera elongata is a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium. It is meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing, gram-positive, asporogenous oval to rod-shaped and an aerobic chemoheterotroph, with type strain Lp2T (= JCM 11141T = DSM 14184T).
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