Saccharobacter fermentatus Jiang et al. 1990
General information
Name
Saccharobacter fermentatus
Valid publication
1990
Nomenclature type
WVB8512
Etymology
L. masc. part. adj. <i>fermentatus</i>, fermentend; intended to mean fermentative.
Ecology
Source
isolated from squeezed leaf juice of agave in Wuhan, China.
Morphology
Cells are non-spore-forming, motile small rods (0.5-0.9 × 1.0-1.9 µm) that occur singly, peritrichously flagellated. Colonies on glucose-yeast extract agar are opaque and milky white, smooth, and low convex with entire margins.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1.0-1.9 | 0.5-0.9 |
motility |
---|
- |
flagellum | arrangement |
---|---|
+ | peritrichous |
Physiology
Nutrition type
chemoorganotroph
Oxygen requirement
facultatively anaerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
63.5 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
C/N source
positive results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
melibiose | sucrose | starch | maltose | L-arabinose | aesculin | D-fructose | L-rhamnose | trehalose | D-mannitol | L-sorbose | D-galactose | D-xylose | lactose | malonate | urea | glutamine | yeast extract | phenylalanine | tryptone | glucose | citrate | ethanol |
negative results | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gluconate | myo-inositol | raffinose | dulcitol | glutamate | gelatin |
Biochemistry
Gelatin hyd
-
H2s pdu
-
Indole pdu
-
Nitrate rdc
-
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
arginine dihydrolase | + |
catalase | + |
lysine decarboxylase | - |
ornithine decarboxylase | - |
oxidase | - |
urease | - |
β-galactosidase | + |
References
1
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]