Gelria is a thermophilic, anaerobic, obligately syntrophic, glutamate-degrading, endospore-forming bacterial genus in the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae.
The name of the genus comes from Gelre (present province of Gelderland), one of the 12 provinces in The Netherlands.
See also List of bacterial genera named after geographical names List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera
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