''Coriobacterium'' is a genus of
Actinomycetota
The ''Actinomycetota'' (or ''Actinobacteria'') are a phylum of all gram-positive bacteria. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great economic importance to humans because agriculture and forests depend on their contributions to soi ...
, in the family
Coriobacteriaceae
The Coriobacteriaceae
a family of Actinomycetota. The family ''Coriobacteriaceae'' has been shown to increase significantly in the ceca of mice in response to stress.
References
External links
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. ''Coriobacterium'' are
non-motile
Sessility is the biological property of an organism describing its lack of a means of self-locomotion. Sessile organisms for which natural '' motility'' is absent are normally immobile. This is distinct from the botanical concept of sessility, ...
,
Gram-positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
Gram-positive bac ...
, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the
gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans a ...
of firebugs (''
Pyrrhocoris apterus
The firebug, ''Pyrrhocoris apterus'', is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated '' Corizus hyoscyami'' (cin ...
''). Up to now there is only on species of this genus known (''
Coriobacterium glomerans
''Coriobacterium'' is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. ''Coriobacterium'' are non-motile, Gram-positive, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (''Pyrrhocoris apterus
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See also
*''Bifidobacterium
''Bifidobacterium'' is a genus of gram-positive, nonmotile, often branched anaerobic bacteria. They are ubiquitous inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract though strains have been isolated from the vagina and mouth ('' B. dentium'') of mammal ...
''—a similar genus of bacteria.
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Coriobacteriaceae
Monotypic bacteria genera
Bacteria genera
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