Coriobacterium

Coriobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Coriobacteriales
Family:	Coriobacteriaceae
Genus:	Coriobacterium Haas & König 1988
Species
Coriobacterium glomerans

Coriobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Coriobacterium are non-motile, Gram-positive, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus).

See also

• Bifidobacterium—a similar genus of bacteria.

External links

• http://venus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/fackrell/Microbes/20340.htm
• http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/coriobacterium.html