Acetonema

Acetonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Veillonellaceae
Genus: Acetonema
Kane and Breznak 1992[1]
Type species
Acetonema ecieslongum[1]
Species

A. longum[1]

Acetonema is a genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae. It is H2-oxidizing CO2-reducing acetogenic strictly anaerobic endospore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped, isolated from gut contents of the wood-feeding termite Pterotermes occidentis. Cells are catalase positive, oxidase negative, and have 51.5 mol percent G + C in their DNA. Optimum conditions for growth on H2 + CO2 are at 30-33 degrees C and pH (initial) 7.8. Acetonema longum is the sole species within the genus.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 LSPN bacterio.net
  2. Kane MD, Breznak JA (1991). "Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis.". Arch Microbiol 2 (156): 91–8. PMID 1723588.
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