Rank: Species
Lineage: Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria;Corynebacteriales;Corynebacteriaceae;Corynebacterium;Corynebacterium matruchotii
Description: Corynebacterium matruchotii. Corynebacterium matruchotii, formerly called Bacterionema matruchotii, is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium with a morphologically distinct feature known as a whip handle. It has been associated with dental pathogenesis.
Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Corynebacterium%20matruchotii