Thermoanaerobacter kivui
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| Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994[1]
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Thermoanaerobacter kivui (formerly Acetogenium kivui) is a thermophilic, anaerobic, non-spore-forming species of bacteria.[2]
T. kivui was originally isolated from Lake Kivu in Africa. The growth range for the organism is 50 to 72°C at pH 5.3-7.3, with optimal growth conditions at 66°C and pH 6.4. Although the organism stains Gram-negative, it shows a Gram-positive cell structure. The original genus Acetogenium was named because this organism principally produces acetic acid from substrates.[3] T. kivui was originally named Acetogenium kivui, which was the only species within a new genus. However, further 16S ribosomal RNA studies put this bacterium into genus Thermoanaerobacter and the previous genus was no longer necessary.[4]
References
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Thermoanaerobacter". LPSN.
- ^ John A. Leigh and Ralph S. Wolfe. Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a Thermophilic Acetogenic Bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. October 1983 vol. 33 no. 4 886 doi: 10.1099/00207713-33-4-886.
- ^ J. A. Leigh, F. Mayer and R. S. Wolfe. Acetogenium kivui, a new thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing acetogenic bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. Volume 129, Number 4 (1981), 275-280, DOI: 10.1007/BF00414697.
- ^ M.D. Collins, P.A. Lawson, A. Willems, J.J. Cordoba, J. Fernadez-Garayzabal, P. Garcia, J. Cai, H. Hippie, J.A.E. Farrow. The Phylogeny of the Genus Clostridium: Proposal of Five New Genera and Eleven New Species Combinations. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. October 1994 vol. 44 no. 4 812-826 doi: 10.1099/00207713-44-4-812.