Cross Index

Ruminobacter amylophilus

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

Ruminobacter amylophilus

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	pleomorphic ovals to short rods (0.9-1.2 X 1.0-3.0 um) with round or tapered ends, and sometimes swollen or irregular forms
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	nonsporing

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Ruminobacter amylophilus

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum 37-39 oC
Requirements	CO2, ammonia and a feremtnable carbohydrate are required for growth
Products	carbohydrates are metabolized to acetate, formate and succinate. Acid is prodcued from dextrin, glycogen, starch and maltose. Cellulose and cellobiose are not fermented. Sphingolipids and menaquinones are absent. Predominant cell fatty acids are straight chain saturated and unsaturated
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	found in the rumen of cattle and sheep
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Ruminobacter amylophilus

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Ruminobacter amylophilus

First Citation	Stackebrandt and Hippe 1986 Syst Appl Microbiol 8: 204-207 Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987 IJSB 37: 175
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 301

References