Cross Index | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
Morphology | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
CELLULAR |
Staining | Gram negative |
Morphology | straight rods 0.5-0.6 x 1.5-3.7 um with pointed ended. Occur singly or in pairs |
Motility | nonmotile |
Specialized structures | no spores |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
Oxygen | anaerobe |
pH | |
Temperature | optimum 30 oC, range 15-42 oC |
Requirements | Growth on many substrates is stimulated by and may be depenednt on the presence of H2 utilizing bacteria such as Methanospirillum or Desulfovibrio. |
Products | ferment amino acids especially glutamic acid. Acetate is the major end product with lessser amounts of Ammonia, formate carbon dioxide H2 propionate and sometimes other fatty acids, depending on the amino acid utilized. Lactate, succinate, butyrate and ethanol are not formed. Indole is produced from tryptophan |
Enzymes | |
Unique features |
ENVIRONMENTAL | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
Habitat | black estuarine mud |
Lifestyle | |
Pathogenicity |
Distribution |
Genome | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
G+C Mol % |
Reference | Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans |
First Citation | Stams and Hansen 1984 Arch. Microbiol 137: 329-337 Stams and Hansen 1985 IJSB 35: 223 |
The Prokaryotes | p |
Bergey's Determinative | p 293 |
References |