Dendrosporobacter is a genus in the phylum
Bacillota (
Bacteria).[1] Members of the class Negativicutes, stain gram negative, despite being firmicutes
Etymology
The name Dendrosporobacter derives from: Greek noun dendron, tree;
Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed, and in biology a spore;
Neo-Latin noun, a rod bacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod, staff;
Neo-Latinmasculine gender noun Dendrosporobacter, a spore-bearing rod from a tree.[2]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[2] namely D. quercicolus ( (Stankewich et al. 1971) Strömpl et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).;
Latin noun quercus, oak;
Neo-Latinmasculine gender adjective quercicolus, intended to mean associated with oak trees).[3]