Cross Index

Halobacteroides halobius

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

Halobacteroides halobius

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight or curved rods (0.5 X 10-20 um) cells appear flexible and may be soiled up at one end. In older cultures cells become sperical
Motility	motile by means of peritrichous flagella
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Halobacteroides halobius

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotropic
Oxygen
pH
Temperature	optimum 37-42 oC
Requirements	halophilic, grows optimally in 8.4-14% NaCl require Biotin and p-aminobenzoic acid for growth
Products	ferments several different sugars and some organic acids. End products from glucose fermentation are acetate, ethanol, H2 and CO2
Enzymes
Unique features	sensitive to chloramphenicol and penicillin

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	Dead Sea sediments
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Halobacteroides halobius

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Halobacteroides halobius

First Citation	Oren et al 1984 Syst. Appl. Microbiol 5: 58-70 Oren et al 1984 IJSB 34: 355
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 296-297

References