dendrosporobacter dendrosporobacter dendrosporobacter is a genus in the phylum bacillota (bacteria). members of the class negativicutes, stain gram negative, despite being firmicutes dendrosporobacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: negativicutes order: selenomonadales family: sporomusaceae genus: dendrosporobacterströmpl et al. 2000 type species dendrosporobacter quercicolus(stankewich et al. 1971) strompl et al. 2000 species d. quercicolus synonyms clostridium quercicolum stankewich et al. 1971 etymology the name dendrosporobacter derives from:greek noun dendron, tree; greek noun spora (σπορά), 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. species the genus contains a single species, namely d. quercicolus ( (stankewich et al. 1971) strömpl et al. 2000, (type species of the genus).; latin noun quercus, oak; neo-latin masculine gender adjective quercicolus, intended to mean associated with oak trees).