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Ludwig, W., Schleifer, KH., Whitman, W.B. (2009). Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes . In: De Vos, P., et al. Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68489-5_1

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