''Blastobacter'' is a genus of

bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...

from the family

Nitrobacteraceae The Nitrobacteraceae are a family of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria. They include plant-associated bacteria such as ''Bradyrhizobium'', a genus of rhizobia associated with some legumes. It also contains animal-associated bacteria such as '' Afi ...

.UniProt
/ref> Most of the species originally ascribed to ''Blastobacter'' have been transferred to other genera, with ''Blastobacter henricii'' as the only remaining valid species.LPSN entry for ''Blastobacter''
/ref> To complicate matters, no

type strain The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP) or Prokaryotic Code, formerly the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (ICNB) or Bacteriological Code (BC), governs the scientific names for Bacteria and Archaea.P. H. A. Sneath ...

is available for ''Blastobacter henricii'', so the entire genus may be dismantled.

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