Cross Index

Haloanaerobium praevalens

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

Haloanaerobium praevalens

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight rods (0.9-1.1 x 2.0-2.6 um)
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Haloanaerobium praevalens

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotropic
Oxygen	obligate anaerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum 37 oC
Requirements	halophilic, grows optimally at 13% NaCl
Products	uses carbohydrats, pectin, amino acids and amino sugars. The major products of fermentation are acetate, butyrate, priopionate, H2 and CO2
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated from the anoxic sediments in the Great Salt Lake, Utah. USA
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Haloanaerobium praevalens

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Haloanaerobium praevalens

First Citation	Zeikus et al 1983 Curr. Microbiol 9:225-234 Zeikus et al 1984 IJSB 34: 503
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 297

References