Cross Index

Oxalobacter formigenes

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

Oxalobacter formigenes

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight or curved rods with rounded ends (0.4-0.6 x 1.2-1.5 um)
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Oxalobacter formigenes

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature
Requirements	oxalate is the only source of carbon and energy
Products	Formate and CO2 are the end products of fermentation of oxalate
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated from the rumen or large bowel of humans and animals and from lake sediments
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Oxalobacter formigenes

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Oxalobacter formigenes

First Citation	Allison et al 1985 Arch Microbiol 141: 1-7 Allison et al 1985 IJSB 35:375
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 298-299

References