Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs.[1] This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.[2]
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Species: | M. polyspora
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Metabacterium polyspora Chatton and Perard, 1913
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Ward, Rebekah J. (March 2008). "DNA replication during endospore development in Metabacterium polyspora". Molecular Microbiology. 67 (6): 1360–1370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06129.x. PMID 18284580. S2CID 28892318.