| Ammoniphilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Paenibacillaceae |
| Genus: |
Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998 |
| Type species | |
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Ammoniphilus oxalaticus |
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| Species | |
Ammoniphilus is a Gram-variable, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, haloalkalitolerant spore-forming, obligately oxalotrophic and motile bacterial genus from the family of Paenibacillaceae with peritrichous flagella. In the cell wall of Ammoniphilus is meso-diaminopimelic acid.