Cross Index

Pelobacter

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

Pelobacter

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight or slightly curved rods (0.5-0.8 x 1.2-6.0 um) with rounded or slightly pointed ends, occuring singly, in pairs or short chains
Motility	some species are motile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Pelobacter

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen
pH
Temperature	optimum 33-35oC
Requirements
Products	use a limited range of substrates such as pyrogallol, 2,3-butanediol, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, acetylene, acetoin, pyruvate and lactate
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	anoxic marine or freshwater muds
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Pelobacter

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Pelobacter

First Citation	Schenk and Pfennig 1982 Arch. Microbiol 133: 195-201 Schenk and Pfennig 1983 IJSB 33:896
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 299

References

Schink and Stieb 1983 Appl. Environ. Microbiol 45: 1905-1913 Schink and Stieb 1984 IJSB 34: 91 Schink 1984 Arch. Microbiol 137:33-41 Schink 1984 IJSB 34: 356 Schink 1985 Arch Microbiol 142:295-301 Schink 1986 IJSB 36: 355