Gemmata obscuriglobus
| Gemmata obscuriglobus | |
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| Electron micrographs of representative examples illustrating G. obscuriglobus internal morphology. Scale bar = 500nm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Planctomycetota |
| Class: | Planctomycetia |
| Order: | Gemmatales |
| Family: | Gemmataceae |
| Genus: | Gemmata |
| Species: | G. obscuriglobus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985
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Gemmata obscuriglobus is a species of Gram-negative, aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria of the phylum Planctomycetota. G. obscuriglobus occur in freshwater habitats and was first described in 1984, and is the only described species in its genus.
Gemmata obscuriglobus is exceptional for its unusual morphology and for the unusual features in its genome, often considered to represent large differences in internal organization compared with most prokaryotes