Atopobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Atopobacter | authority = Lawson et al. 2000<ref name=Atopobacter>{{cite journal |title=Genus: Atopobacter |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/atopobacter}}</ref> | type_species = ''Atopobacter phocae''<ref name=Atopobacter/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =''A. phocae''<ref name=Atopobacter/> | synonyms = }}

'''''Atopobacter''''' is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae with one known species (''A. phocae'').<ref name=Atopobacter/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Atopobacter |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/136491}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Atopobacter Lawson et al. 2000 |year=2009 |doi=10.1601/tx.5555|last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Osier |first2=Nicole Danielle |last3=Garrity |first3=George M. |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity }}</ref><ref name=Atopobacter-phocae>{{cite journal |last1=Lawson |first1=P A |last2=Foster |first2=G |last3=Falsen |first3=E |last4=Ohlén |first4=M |last5=Collins |first5=M D |title=Atopobacter phocae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from common seals. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 September 2000 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=1755–1760 |doi=10.1099/00207713-50-5-1755|pmid=11034483 |doi-access=free }}</ref> ''Atopobacter phocae'' has been isolated from common seals.<ref name=Atopobacter-phocae/>

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Category:Lactobacillales Category:Monotypic bacteria genera Category:Bacteria genera