Cross Index

Zymophilus

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	Zymophilus raffinosivorans and Zymophilus paucivorans

 

Morphology

Zymophilus

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	straight to slightly curved rods that occur singly, in pairs or in short chains
Motility	motile but motility is easily lost
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Zymophilus

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	anaerobe
pH
Temperature
Requirements
Products	glucose is fermented to acetic and propionic acids. Trace amounts of lactic acid may sometimes occur
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	pitching yeast or brewery wastes
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Zymophilus

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Zymophilus

First Citation	Schleifer et al 1990 IJSB 40: 19-27
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 305

References