Cross Index

Syntrophomonas

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	Syntrophomonas wolfei, Syntrophomonas sapovorans

 

Morphology

Syntrophomonas

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	slightly helical rods (0.5-1.0 x 2-7 um)
Motility	motile by 2-8 flagella inserted linearly on the concave side. Under n\most conditions the cells are only sluggishly motile
Specialized structures	may contain granules of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Syntrophomonas

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum 30-37 oC
Requirements	co-culture with organisms that utilize H2 such as Desulfovibrio or Methanospirillum hungatei. Most strains can be adapted to grow in pure culture on crotonate, although growth is slow
Products	Fatty acids are degraded primarily to acetate and H2 but propionate or isovalerate may be formed depending on the fattay acid attacked. Acetate and butyrate are produced from crotonate
Enzymes
Unique features	obtain energy by beta oxidation of fatty acids in co-culture with organisms that utilize H2 such as Desulfovibrio or Methanospirillum hungatei

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	isolated from anoxic muds, sewage digestors and the bovine rumen
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Syntrophomonas

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Syntrophomonas

First Citation	McInerney et al 1981 Appl. Environ. Microbiol 41: 1029-1039 McInerney et al 1982 IJSB 32: 267
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 303-304

References

Roy et al 1986 Arch Microbiol 145:142-147 Roy et al 1987 IJSB 37: 179