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A single strain of a budding bacterium was isolated from freshwater. The strain had a life-cycle, with a multitrichous swarmer stage, and produced a phase-dark inclusion of packed ribosomes and nuclear material. The mol % G+C of the DNA was 64.4±1.0. A new genus,Gemmata with the type speciesGemmata obscuriglobus is proposed. The type strain is UQM 2246.
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Franzmann, P.D., Skerman, V.B.D. Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 50, 261–268 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02342136
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