Terrisporobacter Gerritsen et al. 2014
General information
Description and emendation
Members of the genus are anaerobic. Cells stain Gram-positive or Gram-variable. Cells are straight or slightly curved, motile rods, occurring singly or in pairs. All species are capable of spore formation. The major end product of metabolism is acetate. Cells contain both phospholipids and glycolipids. The major phospholipids are labelled PL2, PL4, PL5, PL6, PL7 and PL10 and the major glycolipids comprise GL1, GL3, GL6, GL7, GL8 and GL9. Phospholipids with free amino groups (e.g. phosphatidylethanolamine) are absent. The fatty acids present in the hydrolysis products of whole cells are both straight-chain saturated and unsaturated (which predominate) as well as iso- and anteiso-branched Dimethyl acetals (i.e. plasmalogens) include straight-chain, iso- and anteiso-branched derivatives. The genomic DNA G+C content is 25-30 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M021702011315001 | Terrisporobacter glycolicus | Species | 36841 |
M021702011315002 | Terrisporobacter mayombei | Species | 1541 |
M021702011315003 | Terrisporobacter petrolearius | Species | 1460447 |