Cross Index

Syntrophobacter wolinii

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

Syntrophobacter wolinii

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	rods and long filaments (0.6-1.0 x 1.0-35.0 um)
Motility	nonmotile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Syntrophobacter wolinii

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature
Requirements
Products	oxidize propionate but not other fatty acids to acetate, H2 and CO2
Enzymes
Unique features	There is no growth in the absence of H2-utilizing organisms Grows only in co-culture with strains of Desulfovibrio

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Syntrophobacter wolinii

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Syntrophobacter wolinii

First Citation	Boone and Bryant 1980 Appl. Environ. Microbiol 40:626-632 Boone and Bryant 1984 IJSB 34:356
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 303

References