Phylum Firmicutes (Low guanine-cytosine bacteria)

Domain: Bacteria Kingdom: Eubacteria Phylum Phenology

Classes of the Phylum Firmicutes Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Class Common Name Photo Example Where? Phenology
Bacilli(NA)(NA) HerePhenology
Clostridia(NA)(NA) HerePhenology

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Classes on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park classes from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered in the Biodiversity Database.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
These are Bacteria that have a low guanine-cytosine content in DNA, and are mostly gram-positive.


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