| Cross Index | Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Irregular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| Compare | Acetobacterium Acetogenium kivui, Actinomyces Aeromicrobium erythreum Agromyces ramosus Arachnia propionica, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Arthrobacter, Aureobacterium, Bifidobacterium, Brachybacterium faecium, Brevibacterium, Butyrivibrio, Caseobacter polymorphus, Cellulomonas ,Clavibacter, Coriobacterium glomerans, Corynebacterium, Curtobacterium, Dermobacter hominus, Eubacterium, Exigouibacterium aurantiacum, Falcivibrio, Gardnerella, Jonsia denitrificans, Lachnospira multiparus, Microbacterium, Mobiluncus, Pimelobacter, Proprionibacterium, Rarobacter faecitabidus , Rothia dentocariosa, Rubrobacter radiotolerans, Sphaerobacter thermophilus , Terrabacter tumescens, Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus, Thermoanaerobium brockii |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive but cells from a growing culture stain Gram negative |
| Morphology | rods in the logarithmic growth phase which later become chains of rods interspersed with coccoid cells |
| Motility | One -twelve peritrious flagella cause tumbling motility |
| Specialized structures | Capsules are not formed nor are spores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophs |
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| pH | |
| Temperature | grow optimally at 68/69 C but can grow at 35 C or as high as 78 C. |
| Requirements | |
| Products | main fermentation products of these are ethanol and carbon dioxide from hexoses and pentoses. Minor products are lactate, acetate and hydrogen. Starch is hydrolysed but not cellulose |
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| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus |
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| Reference | Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus |
| First citation | Wiegel. J. and L.G.Ljungdahl (1981) Thermoanerobacter ethanolicus gen. Nov., a new, extreme thromophilic, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol 128:343-348 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1379 J. K. W. Wiegel |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 582 |
| References |