Cross Index

Thermobacteroides

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

Thermobacteroides

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight rods (0.5-0.6 x 1.0-6.0 um) occuring singly or in pairs. Some strains are filamentous
Motility	nonmotile or motile by peritrichous flagella
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Thermobacteroides

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature	thermophilic optimum 60-65 oC, range 35-80 oC
Requirements
Products	Metabolize carbohydrates or peptonesto acetate, butyrate, isobutyrate, isovalerate, propionate, ethanol, CO2 and H2.
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	found in thermophilic digestors, cattle compost, and natural therma environments where organic matter is decomposing
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Thermobacteroides

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Thermobacteroides

First Citation	Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981 Arch Microbiol 128: 365-370 Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983 IJSB 33:673
Emended	Ollivier et al 1985 IJSB 35: 425-428
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 304

References