Virgisporangium

Virgisporangium is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. Virgisporangium are rod-shaped, motile, and form spores. They require oxygen to survive. They are generally found in the soil. The type species is Virgisporangium ochraceum, which was the first species of Virgisporangium described.[1]

Virgisporangium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Actinobacteridae
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Micromonosporineae
Family:
Micromonosporaceae
Genus:
Virgisporangium

Tamura, et al. 2001
Species

Virgisporangium aliadipatigenens
Virgisporangium aurantiacum
Virgisporangium ochraceum

References
  1. Tamura T; Hayakawa M; Hatano K (2001). "A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51: 1809–1816. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1809. PMID 11594613.
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