Cross Index

Acetofilamentum rigidum

SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram-Negative, Anaerobic, Straight, Curved, and Helical Bacteria
Compare	Acetivibrio Acetoanaerobium noterate , Acetofilamentum rigidum, Acetogenium kivui, Acetomicrobium, Acetothermus paucivorans,, Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans, Anaerbioospirillum succiniciproducens, , Anaerorhabdus furcosus ,Anaerovibrio, Bacteroides, Butyrivibrio, Centipeda periodontii, Fervidobacterium, Fibrobacter, Fusobacterium Haloanaerobium praevalens, Halobacteroides halobius, Ilyobacter, Lachnospira multparus Leptotrichia buccalis, Malaonomonas rubra, Megamonas hypermega, Mitsuokella, Oxalobacter formigenes, Pectinatus, Pelobacter Porphyromonas, Provotella, Propionigenium modestum, Propionispira arboria, Rikenella microfusus, Roseburia ceciola, Ruminobacter amylophilus, Sebaldella termitidis, Selenomonas, Sporomusa, Succinimonas amylolytica, Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens, Syntrophobacter wolinii, Syntrophomonas, Thermobacteroides, Thermosipho africanus, Thermotoga, Tissierella praeacuta, Wolinella, Zymophilus
Contrast	Archaea
Subset

 

Morphology

Acetofilamentum rigidum

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	cell wall structure is neither typically Gram positive nor typically Gram negative, long thin rigid filaments (0.18-0.30 um x 100 + um)
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	no spores, filaments can be disaggregated by SDS, giving single cells 2-7 uM long. Indicating that the filaments ae surrounded by a protein sheath

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Acetofilamentum rigidum

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotrophic
Oxygen
pH
Temperature	optimum 35-38 oC
Requirements	yeast extract is required for growth
Products	Glucose is fermented to acetate, CO2 and H2. Increasing concentrations of H2 in the gas phase (5-20%) are increasingly inhibitory Uses several different hexoses, pentoses and amino acids
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated from municipal sewage sludge
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Acetofilamentum rigidum

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Acetofilamentum rigidum

First Citation	Dietrich et al 1988 Syst Appl. Microbiol 10: 273-278 Dietrich et al 1989 IJSB 39: 93
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 291-292

References