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Metabacterium
Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs. It is the only species in the genus Metabacterium. This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.
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Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs. It is the only species in the genus Metabacterium. This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.
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