Megasphaera

Not to be confused with Magosphaera.

Megasphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Negativicutes
Order:
Veillonellales
Family:
Veillonellaceae
Genus:
Megasphaera

Rogosa 1971
Type species
Megasphaera elsdenii
(Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971[1]
Species

See text

Megasphaera is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.[1][2]

This classification has been reexamined.[3] This genus appears to be a member of the Clostridia.

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  3. ^ Yutin N, Galperin MY (2013) A genomic update on Clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced Clostridia. Environ Microbiol doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12173
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