Dendrosporobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). The only species is Dendrosporobacter quercicolus. Members of the class Negativicutes, stain gram negative, despite being firmicutes.
The name Dendrosporobacter derives from:<br />Greek noun dendron, tree; Greek noun spora (ÃÂÃÂÿÃÂì), 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-Latin masculine gender noun Dendrosporobacter, a spore-bearing rod from a tree.
The genus contains a single species, namely Dendrosporobacter quercicolus; Latin noun quercus, oak; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective quercicolus, intended to mean associated with oak trees).