Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs.
[1] This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.
[2] Ward, Rebekah J.
"DNA replication during endospore development in Metabacterium polyspora".
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