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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bdellovibrionota |
| Class: | Bacteriovoracia |
| Order: | Bacteriovoracales |
| Family: | Bacteriovoracaceae |
| Genus: | Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000[1] |
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| Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seideler, Mandel & Baptist 1972) Baer et al. 2000
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Bacteriovorax is a genus containing a single species of bacterium in the family Bacteriovoracaceae, Bacteriovorax stolpii. It is a predator that feeds on larger Gram-negative bacteria.[2] These prey bacteria tend to live in enteric environments and have similar lipopolysaccharide structures.[3] Bacteriovorax stolpii recognizes its prey by outer membrane protein receptors, which explains why Gram-positive bacteria that lack outer membranes do not serve as prey.[3] They prey on bacteria by invading the interperiplasmic space where they feed, grow, and reproduce.[3] Bacteriovorax stolpii used to be classified in the genus Bdellovibrio because of similar morphologies and lifestyle characteristics, however they were recognized as a new genus through phylogenetic analysis.[4]
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- ^ Jayasimhulu, K.; Hunt, S.M.; Kaneshiro, E.S.; Watanabe, Y.; Giner, J-L. (2007). "Detection and Identification of Bacteriovorax stolpii UKi2 Sphingophosphonolipid Molecular Species". Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 18 (3): 394–403. doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2006.10.014. PMID 17123828.
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