Syntrophus aciditrophicus

Syntrophus aciditrophicus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:
Syntrophia
Order:
Syntrophales
Family:
Syntrophaceae
Genus:
Syntrophus
Species:
S. aciditrophicus
Binomial name
Syntrophus aciditrophicus
Jackson et al. 2001

Syntrophus aciditrophicus is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium. It is non-motile, non-spore-forming and grows under strictly anaerobic conditions, thus an obligate anaerobe. It degrades fatty acids and benzoate in syntrophic association with hydrogen-using microorganisms.[1] Its genome was published in 2007.[2]

  1. ^ Elshahed, M. S.; McInerney, M. J. (2001). "Benzoate Fermentation by the Anaerobic Bacterium Syntrophus aciditrophicus in the Absence of Hydrogen-Using Microorganisms". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67 (12): 5520–5525. Bibcode:2001ApEnM..67.5520E. doi:10.1128/AEM.67.12.5520-5525.2001. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 93338. PMID 11722901.
  2. ^ McInerney, M. J.; Rohlin, L.; Mouttaki, H.; Kim, U.; Krupp, R. S.; Rios-Hernandez, L.; Sieber, J.; Struchtemeyer, C. G.; Bhattacharyya, A.; Campbell, J. W.; Gunsalus, R. P. (2007). "The genome of Syntrophus aciditrophicus: Life at the thermodynamic limit of microbial growth". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (18): 7600–7605. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.7600M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610456104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1863511. PMID 17442750.