Coriobacterium
| Coriobacterium | |
|---|---|
| An image of Coriobacterium glomerans, the only known species of Coriobacterium, taken using an electron microscope | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Coriobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Coriobacterium Haas and König 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Coriobacterium glomerans Haas & König 1988 | |
| Species | |
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Coriobacterium is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Coriobacterium are non-motile, Gram-positive, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus). Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Coriobacterium glomerans).