| Cross Index | Acidaminococcus fermentans |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anaerobic Gram-Negative Cocci |
| Compare | Acidaminococcus fermentans, Megasphaera, Syntrophococcus sucromutans Veillonella |
| Contrast | Archaea Gram positive cocci |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Acidaminococcus fermentans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Cocci, 0.6-1.0 um in diameter, often occurring as oval or kidney-shaped diplococci. |
| Motility | Non-motile; flagella are not present |
| Specialized structures | Nonsporulating.. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Acidaminococcus fermentans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic; amino acids, especially glutamate, are the main energy sources. Pyruvate, lactate, fumarate, malate, succinate and citrate are not used as energy sources |
| Oxygen | Anaerobic; no growth on the surface of agar media incubated in the air |
| pH | Optimum pH, 7.0 |
| Temperature | Optimum temperature, 30-37`C. |
| Requirements | Nutritional requirements are complex |
| Products | Only 40% of strains catabolize glucose and the reaction is weak. In amino acid-containing media, acetic and butyric acids accumulate in a molar ratio of 2:1; CO2 is also formed, but H2 and propionate are not detectable |
| Enzymes | Oxidase- and catalase-negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Isolated from the intestinal tract of the pig and man |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Acidaminococcus fermentans |
| G+C Mol % | 56 (Bd) |
| Reference | Acidaminococcus fermentans |
| First citation | Rogosa, M. 1969. Acidominococcus fermentans sp. nov., anaerobic Gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. J. Bacteriol 98: 756-766 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 684 Rogosa, M |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 347 |
| References |