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Microaerobacter

Genus of bacteria

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Microaerobacter is a thermophilic, microaerophilic and anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Microaerobacter geothermalis). Microaerobacter geothermali has been isolated from a hot spring from Hammam Sidi, Nabeul, Tunisia.

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