Cross Index

Rikenella microfusus

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

Rikenella microfusus

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	small rods (0.15-0.3 x 0.3-1.5 um but may be up to 5.0 um long)
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Beta hemolytic

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Rikenella microfusus

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum temperature 37 oC
Requirements	growth enhanced by the presence of carbohydrate
Products	ferments glucose, mannose, lactose and melibiose and sometimes galactose producing mainly propionic and succinic acid. Does not produce butyric or lactic acids Fatty acids are principally isomethyl branched-chain acids. Menaquinones are present.
Enzymes	gelatinase
Unique features	grows in the presence of 20% bile,

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated from the fecal and cecal samples of calves, chickens and Japanese quail
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Rikenella microfusus

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Rikenella microfusus

First Citation	Collins et al 1985 Syst Appl. Microbiol 6: 79-81 Collins et al 1985 IJSB 35: 375
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 300

References