| Tetrasphaera elongata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
| Family: | Intrasporangiaceae |
| Genus: | Tetrasphaera |
| Species: | T. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
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Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002 |
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Tetrasphaera elongata is a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium. It is meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing, gram-positive, asporogenous oval to rod-shaped and an aerobic chemoheterotroph, with type strain Lp2T (= JCM 11141T = DSM 14184T).