:Oxalophagus

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Oxalophagus

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Aneurinibacillales

| familia = Oxalophagaceae

| genus = Oxalophagus

| genus_authority = Collins et al. 1994{{cite web |author=J.P. Euzéby |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/Oxalophagus |title=Oxalophagus |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}{{cite web |author=Sayers |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=44262&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Oxalophagus |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}

| type_species = Oxalophagus oxalicus

| type_species_authority = (Dehning & Schink 1990) Collins et al. 1994

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• O. oxalicus

}}

Oxalophagus is a genus of bacteria belonging to the Bacillota.{{cite journal|last1=Collins|first1=M. D.|last2=Lawson|first2=P. A.|last3=Willems|first3=A.|last4=Cordoba|first4=J. J.|last5=Fernandez-Garayzabal|first5=J.|last6=Garcia|first6=P.|last7=Cai|first7=J.|last8=Hippe|first8=H.|last9=Farrow|first9=J. A. E.|title=The Phylogeny of the Genus Clostridium: Proposal of Five New Genera and Eleven New Species Combinations|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=44|issue=4|year=1994|pages=812–826|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-44-4-812|pmid=7981107|doi-access=free}} Up to now, only one species of this genus is known, Oxalophagus oxalicus[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/oxalophagus LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]