Fibrobacteres

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Fibrobacteres is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla; specifically the genus Fibrobacter (the primary genus of Fibrobacteres) was divided from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.<ref>Montgomery L; Flesher B; Stahl D. (1988). "Transfer of Bacteroides succinogenes (Hungate) to Fibrobacter gen. nov. as Fibrobacter succinogenes comb. nov. and description of Fibrobacter intestinalis sp. nov.". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38: 430–435.</ref>

[edit] References

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• Holt JG (editor) (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed., Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-683-00603-7.

[edit] Classes

• Fibrobacteres

[edit] External links

• List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Fibrobacter
• Systema Naturae 2000 Classification: Phylum Fibrobacteres

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