Carboxydocella Sokolova et al. 2002
General information
Name
Carboxydocella
Valid publication
2002
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Carboxydocella
Nomenclature type
Carboxydocella thermautotrophica
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. <i>carboxydum</i>, carbon monoxide; L. fem. n. <i>cella</i>, a storeroom, chamber, and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. <i>Carboxydocella</i>, carbon monoxide-utilizing bacterium.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are short, straight rods. Motile. Cell wall of Gram-positive type. Cells divide by binary transverse fission. Bacterium. Obligate anaerobe. Thermophile. Neutrophile. Grows chemolithoautotrophically on CO. Utilizes CO as the sole energy source, with equimolar formation of H2 and CO2 according to the equation CO + H2O→CO2 + H2. The G+C content of the DNA of the type species is 46±1 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010004002 | Carboxydocella manganica | Species | 744873 |
M021702010004003 | Carboxydocella sporoproducens | Species | 285110 |
M021702010004001 | Carboxydocella thermautotrophica | Species | 178899 |
References
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Sokolova, T.G., Kostrikina, N.A., Chernyh, N.A., Tourova, T.P., Kolganova, T.V., and Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E.A. Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52:1961-1967.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-52-6-1961]
[PMID:12508854]