Saccharobacter Jiang et al. 1990
General information
Name
Saccharobacter
Valid publication
1990
Nomenclature type
Saccharobacter fermentatus
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>sakchâr</i>, sugar; N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Saccharobacter</i>, a sugar rod.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are small rods (0.5 to 0.9 by 1.0 to 1.9 μm) that occur singly and are gram negative, motile, peritrichously flagellated, and nonsporeforming. No lipid granules are present in the cells. Facultatively anaerobic. The optimal temperature is 30 to 46°C. Colonies on glucose-yeast extract agar are opaque and milky white. Oxidase negative. Catalase positive. Indole is not produced. Methyl red positive and Voges-Proskauer positive. Citrate is utilized. Chemoorganotrophic. Strains ferment D-glucose with the production of ethanol, CO2, and small amounts of acids, but no hydrogen gas. Strains convert 1 mol of D-glucose to approximately 2 mol of ethanol and 2 mol of CO2. Glucose is presumably degraded by the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022506080223001 | Saccharobacter fermentatus | Species |
References
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Jiang, Y., Luo, X., Yan, J. Saccharobacter fermentatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Ethanol-Producing Bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1990) 40:412-414.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-40-4-412]