Cross Index

Fervidobacterium

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	Fervidobacterum nodosum, Fervidobacterium islandicum

 

Morphology

Fervidobacterium

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight rods, occuring singl in pairs or short chains
Motility	motile
Specialized structures	many cells produce terminal swellings called spheroids. Round bodies containg several cytoplasmic units also occur. Non sporing

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Fervidobacterium

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotrophic
Oxygen
pH
Temperature	thermopilic optimum 70 oC, range 40-80 oC
Requirements
Products	ferments a variety of sugars to acetate, lactate, carbond dioxide, hydrogen and ethanol
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated fron hot springs in Rotorua and Waimangu in New Zealand and in Iceland
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Fervidobacterium

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Fervidobacterium

First Citation	Patel et al 1985 Arch Microbiol 141: 63-96 Patel et al 1985 IJSB 35: 535
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 295

References