Acetonema
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Clostridiales
Family:
Veillonellaceae
Genus:
Acetonema

Kane and Breznak 1992[1]
Type species
Acetonema longum
Kane and Breznak 1992
Species
  • A. longum

Acetonema is a genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae. It is H2-oxidizing CO2-reducing acetogenic strictly anaerobic endospore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped, isolated from gut contents of the wood-feeding termite Pterotermes occidentis. Cells are catalase positive, oxidase negative, and have 51.5 mol percent G + C in their DNA. Optimum conditions for growth on H2 + CO2 are at 30–33 degrees C and pH (initial) 7.8. Acetonema longum is the sole species within the genus.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ LSPN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ^ Kane MD, Breznak JA (1991). "Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis". Arch Microbiol. 156 (2): 91–8. doi:10.1007/bf00290979. PMID 1723588. S2CID 21214522.
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