Cross Index Acidomonas methanolica
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Gram-Negative Aerobic/ Microaerophilic Rods and Cocci
Compare Acetobacter, Acidiphilium, Acidomonas methanolica , Acidothermus cellulolyticus, Acidovorax, Acinetobacter, Afipia , Agrobacterium, Agromonas oligotrophica , Alcaligenes, Alteromonas, Aminobacter , Aquaspirillum, Azomonas, Azorhizobium caulinodans , Azotobacter , Bacteroides ,Beijerinckia, Bordetella, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Brucella, Chromohalobacter marismortui , Chryseomonas luteola , Comamonas , Cupriavidus necator , Deleya , Derxia gummosa, Ensifer adherans , Erythrobacter longus , Flavobacterium Flavomonas oryzihabitans , Francisella, Frateuria aurantica, Gluconobacter, Halomonas, Hydrogenophaga, Janthinobacterium lividum, Kingella, Lampropedia hyalina, Legionella, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus , Marinomonas , Mesophilobacter marinus Methylobacillus glycogenes , Methylobacterium , Methylococcus, Methylomonas, Methylophaga , Methylophilus , Methylovorus glucosotrophus, Moraxella, Morococcus cerebrosus , Neisseriaceae, Neisseria, Oceanospirillum , Ochrobactrum anthropi , Oligella , Paracoccus, Phenylobacterium immobile , Phyllobacterium, Pseudomonas, Psychrobacter immobilis , Rhizobacter daucus , Rhizobium, Rhizomonas suberifaciens , Rochalimaea, Roseobacter, Rugomonas rubra, Serpens, Sinorhizobium , Sphingobacterium, Taylorella equigenitalis, Thermoleophilum, Thermomicrobium, Thermus, Variovorax paradoxus, Volcaniella eurhalina , Weeksella, Wolinella Xanthobacter, Xanthomonas, Xyella fastidiosa , Xylophilus ampelinus, Zoogloea ramigera,
Contrast Archaea

 

Morphology Acidomonas methanolica
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology rods (0.8-1.0 x 1.5-3.0 um) with rounded ends. Occur singly and occasionally in pairs
Motility nonmotile
Specialized structures no spores
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COLONIAL  
Solid surface Colonies on peptone-Yeast Extract_malt extract agar are shiny, smooth, raised, entire, white to light yellow and 2-3 mm in diameter after 3 days
Liquid no water soluble pigments

 

Growth Parameters Acidomonas methanolica
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotroph
Oxygen aerobe
pH growth occurs between pH 2.0 and pH 5.5
Temperature optimum 30-37 oC no growth at 42 oC
Requirements Calcium pantothenate is required

cells can use methanol, ethanol, acetic acid, D-glucose,, glycerol, and pectin as the sole carbon sources but cannot use L-arabinose, xylose, fructose, galactose,, maltose, sucrose, lactose, trehalsoe, sorbitol, mannitol, inositol, soluble starch, citric acid, lactic acid, methylamine, methane or hydrogen
Products metabolism is strictly respiratory. nitrate not reduced to nitrite. Voges-Proskauer test is negative. Indole not produced. H2S not produced. Geleatin and starch are not hydrolysed. Litmus milk is not changed. Ammonia is produced. Acid is produced from glucose. Acetic acid is produced from ethanol
Enzymes urease positive, catalase positive, oxidase positive
Unique features no grwoth in the presences of 3% NaCl.
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Genome Acidomonas methanolica
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Reference Acidomonas methanolica
First Citation Urakami et al 1989 IJSB 39: 50-55
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 72
References