Cross Index Thermotoga
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram-Negative, Anaerobic, Straight, Curved, and Helical Bacteria and Sheathed 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

Sheathed bacteria

Acetofilamentum rigidum Clonothrix fusca Crenothrix polyspora, Haliscomenobacter hydrossis, Leptothrix, Lieskeella bifida Lyngbya Phragmidiothrix multiseptata Sphaerotilus natans ,Thermosipho africanus Thermotoga Thioploca, Thiothrix nivea, Herpetosiphon
Contrast Archaea
Subset  

 

Morphology Thermotoga
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology ods (0.6 x 1.5-11.0 um) surrounded by a sheath- like structures ballooning over the ends of the cell.
Motility nonmotile or motile by polar, lateral or peritrichous flagella
Specialized structures no spores
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Thermotoga
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotrophic
Oxygen anaerobe
pH  
Temperature thermophilic, optimum temperature is 70-80 oC growth occurs at temperatures as high as 90 oC
Requirements Hydrogen is inhibitory and inhibition is overcome by the addition of sulfur with the formation of H2S
Products metabolize carbohydrates, tryptone, or yeast extract. Fermentation products are mainly lactate, acetate, CO2 and H2
Enzymes  
Unique features Marine strains will grow in 3.75% NaCl
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from geothermally heated marine sediments or hot springs
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Thermotoga
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Thermotoga
First Citation Huber et al 1986 Arch Microbiol 144:324-333
Huber et al 1986 IJSB 36: 575
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 304-305
References Jannasch et al 1986 Arch Microbiol 150: 103-104
Jannasch et al 1989 IJSB 39:93
Windberger et al 1989 Arch. Microbiol 151: 506-512
Windberger et al 1992 IJSB 42:327