Cross Index Acidothermus cellulolyticus
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 Acidothermus cellulolyticus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram variable or Gram negative
Morphology slender rods and long slender filaments (0.4 x 5-20 um) with rounded ends.
Motility non motile
Specialized structures no spores Thin sections in the electron microscope show no outer wall membranes
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface Colonies grown on LPBM mineral salts agar with 0.5g/l yeast extract and 5.0 g/l glucose or cellobiose are creamy white, smooth circular , entire and 1-3 mm in diameter
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Acidothermus cellulolyticus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen obligate aerobe
pH acidophile grows between pH 3.5-7.0
Temperature Thermophile, grows between 37-70 oC, optimum 50-60 oC
Requirements citrate and acetate are inhibitory at 0.01M
Products cell walls contain diaminopimelic acid, glucosamine, muramic acid, serine and alanine
Enzymes catalase positive, actively digests cellulose
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from acidic hot springs at Yellowstone National Park USA
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Acidothermus cellulolyticus
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Acidothermus cellulolyticus
First Citation Mohagheghi et al 1986 IJSB 36: 435-443
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 72-73
References