| Cross Index | Syntrophococcus sucromutans |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anaerobic Gram-Negative Cocci |
| Compare | Acidaminococcus fermentans, Megasphaera, Syntrophococcus sucromutans Veillonella |
| Contrast | Archaea Gram positive cocci |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Syntrophococcus sucromutans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative. may resist decolourization |
| Morphology | Cocci, 1.0-1.3 um , in short chains. |
| Motility | Nonmotile. |
| Specialized structures | Nonsporulating |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | colonies fluoresce red under ultraviolet light |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Syntrophococcus sucromutans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Anaerobic has a respiratory type of metabolism, requires both an electron donor and an electron acceptor |
| pH | range pH 6.0-7.6 optimum pH 6.4 |
| Temperature | Growth occurs from 30 to 44 oC optimum 35-42 oC. |
| Requirements | complex requires a lipid growth supplement such as 150 um oleate |
| Products | Electron donors:
pyruvate, glucose, fructose, galactose, maltose,
cellobiose, lactose, arabinose, maltose, ribose, xylose,
salicin, and esculin Electron acceptors: formate( acette), caffeate(hydrocaffeate), ferulate(caffeate, hydrocaffeate, acetate), syringate and 3,4,5 trimethyoxybenzoate ( gallate and acetate), vanillin ( protoccatechoic aldehyde) Small amount of hydrogengen gas are produced but it is inhibitory at low concentrations |
| Enzymes | Catalase-negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Found in the rumen of hay fed cattle |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Syntrophococcus sucromutans |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Syntrophococcus sucromutans |
| First citation | Krumholz
and Bryant 1986 Arch. Microbiol 143:313-318 Krumholz and Bryant 1986 IJSB 36: 489 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 347 |
| References | Dore and Bryant 1989
Appl. Environ. Microbiol 55: 927-933 Dore and Bryant 1990 Appl. Environ. Microbiol 56: 984-989 |