''Kroppenstedtia eburnea'' is a

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. The Gram stain is ...

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-forming,

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and

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bacterium from the genus of

Kroppenstedtia ''Kroppenstedtia'' is a bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Inf ...

which has been isolated from patient samples .

References

External links

Type strain of ''Kroppenstedtia eburnea'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacillales Bacteria described in 2011 {{Firmicutes-stub