Cross Index Fibrobacter
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 Fibrobacter succinogenes and Fibrobacter intestinalis

 

Morphology Fibrobacter
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology rods or pleomorphic ovoid cells 90.4-0.8 X 0.8-2.0 um)
Motility nonmotile
Specialized structures no spores
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Fibrobacter
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotropic
Oxygen  
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements requires carbon dioxide, volatile fatty acids, ammonia and one or more vitamins for growth
Products characteristically ferments cellulose and cellobioses but attacks a few other sugars. Major fermentation products are acetic and succinic acids. Sometimes a small amount of formi acid is produced
Enzymes  
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat mammalian gastrointestinal tract
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Fibrobacter
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Fibrobacter
First Citation Montgomery et al 1988 IJSB 38: 430-435
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 295
References