Acetonema

Acetonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Veillonellaceae
Genus:	Acetonema; Kane and Breznak 1992
Type species
	Acetonema ecieslongum;
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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c LSPN lpsn.dsmz.de
^ 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.

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[Acetonema-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.

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