Anaerobacter Explained

Anaerobacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria related to Clostridium. They are anaerobic chemotrophs and are unusual spore-formers as they produce more than one spore per bacterial cell (up to five).^[1] They fix nitrogen. Their G+C content is 29%.^[2] Only one species of this genus (Anaerobacter polyendosporus) has been described.

Notes and References

1. Siunov A, Nikitin D, Suzina N, Dmitriev V, Kuzmin N, Duda V . Phylogenetic status of Anaerobacter polyendosporus, an anaerobic, polysporogenic bacterium. . Int J Syst Bacteriol . 49 . 3. 1119–24 . 1999. 10425769 . 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1119. free .
2. Book: Madigan M . Martinko J . Brock Biology of Microorganisms . 11th . Prentice Hall . 2005 . 0-13-144329-1 .