''Slackia piriformis'' 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. Gram-positive bac ...

, strictly

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 ...

, non-

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...

-forming and

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name '' Bacil ...

bacterium from the genus of ''

Slackia ''Slackia'' is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. ''Slackia'' is named after the microbiologist Geoffrey Slack Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with th ...

'' which has been isolated from human faeces from

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in Japan.

References

Bacteria described in 2010 Actinomycetota {{Actinobacteria-stub