Fibrobacterota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Clade: | FCB group |
Phylum: | Fibrobacterota Garrity & Holt 2021[1] |
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Fibrobacterota is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla. The genus Fibrobacter (the only genus of Fibrobacterota) was removed from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.[2]