Anaerovirgula Pikuta et al. 2006
General information
Name
Anaerovirgula
Valid publication
2006
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Anaerovirgula
Nomenclature type
Anaerovirgula multivorans
Etymology
Gr. pref. <i>an</i>, not; Gr. n. <i>aer aeros</i>, air; L. fem. n. <i>virgula</i>, a small rod; N.L. fem. n. <i>Anaerovirgula</i>, an anaerobic small rod.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-positive, spore-forming, small (2.5-5.0 μm) rod-shaped cells that occur alone, in pairs or in short chains. Obligately anaerobic, and catalase-negative. Alkaliphilic and mesophilic. Chemoorganotrophic, with a fermentative metabolism (sugars and proteolysis products) and capable of respiration by the Stickland reaction. The fatty acid profile differs from that of members of the same clostridial cluster in the following respects: presence of iso-C15:0 fatty acid methyl esters, reduced quantity of C14:0 fatty acid methyl esters and significantly reduced quantity of C16:0 aldehydes. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is around 34 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010002001 | Anaerovirgula multivorans | Species | 312168 |
References
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Pikuta, E.V., Itoh, T., Krader, P., Tang, J., Whitman, W.B., and Hoover R.B. Anaerovirgula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spore-forming, alkaliphilic anaerobe isolated from Owens Lake, California, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:2623-2629.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.64198-0]
[PMID:17082402]