is a genus of bacteria in the

Veillonellaceae The Veillonellaceae are a family of the Clostridia, formerly known as Acidaminococcaceae. bacterium, Bacteria in this family are grouped together mainly based on genetic studies, which place them among the Bacillota. Supporting this placement, ...

family. Its only species, , is an extremely large motile

rumen The rumen, also known as a paunch, is the largest stomach compartment in ruminants. The rumen and the reticulum make up the reticulorumen in ruminant animals. The diverse microbial communities in the rumen allows it to serve as the primary si ...

anaerobic Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to: *Adhesive#Anaerobic, Anaerobic ad ...

prokaryote A prokaryote (; less commonly spelled procaryote) is a unicellular organism, single-celled organism whose cell (biology), cell lacks a cell nucleus, nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. The word ''prokaryote'' comes from the Ancient Gree ...

previously known as "Quin's Oval". In the illustrated atlas of sheep rumen organisms of Moir and Masson, their organism no. 3 represents .

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