Cross Index

Acetomicrobium

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	Acetomicrobium flavidum Acetomicrobium faecalis

 

Morphology

Acetomicrobium

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	curved rods 0.6-0.8 x 2.0-7.0 um
Motility	motile by a single polar flagellum or a few lateral flagella
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Acetomicrobium

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotropic
Oxygen
pH
Temperature	Thermophilic optimum 58-73 oC
Requirements	yeast extract is required for growth
Products	ferments a variety of hexoses and pentoses. Glucose is fermented to acetate, CO2, H2 or to acetate, lactate, ethanol, CO2 and H2
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	sewage sludge
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Acetomicrobium

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Acetomicrobium

First Citation	Soutschek et al 1984 Syst. Appl. Microbiol 5: 377-390 Soutschek et al 1985 IJSB 35:223
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 292

References

Winter et al 1987 Syst. Appl. Microbiol 9:71-76 Winter et al 1988 IJSB 38: 136