| Hyperthermus butylicus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Archaea Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Compare | Acidianus Desulfurococcus, Desulfurolobus ambivalens Hyperthermus butylicus , Metallosphaera sedula Pyrobaculum Pyrococcus, Pyrodictium Staphylothermus marinus Sulfolobus Thermococcus Thermodiscus maritimus Thermofilum, Thermoproteus |
| Contrast | Archaea
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| Subset |
| Morphology | Hyperthermus butylicus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | irregular coccoid spheres occur singly, in pairs or in clumps of several hundred cells |
| Motility | no flagella, |
| Specialized structures | vacuoles are present, pili observed |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Hyperthermus butylicus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | hetertrophs |
| Oxygen | strictly anaerobic |
| pH | pH 7 |
| Temperature | optimal 95-106 oC, maximal 108 oC |
| Requires | optimal growth occurs at pH7 with 17g NaCl/l |
| Products | hetertrophic growth by fermentation of peptide mixtures ( tryptone, peptone) During fermentation sulfur is reduced to hydrogen sulfide with hydrogen gas as an additional means of energy generation Fermetnation products are carbon dioxide, 1-butanol, acetic acid, phenylacetic acid and hydroxyphenylacetic acid |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | hot solfataric sites on sea floor |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Hyperthermus butylicus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Hyperthermus butylicus |
| First citation | Zillig et al 1990 J. Bacteriol 172: 3959-3965 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 752 |
| References |