Isolation of Selenomonas ruminantium from an aquatic ecosystem |
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Authors: | Peter B. Harborth Hans H. Hanert |
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Affiliation: | (1) Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Humboldtstrasse 1, D-3300 Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | A crescentic Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium motile by a laterally inserted tuft of flagella was isolated from a boggy ditch water habitat. Cells occurred usually singly or in pairs, but sometimes short chains, long helical cells or spheroplasts with flagella still attached were observed. Its metabolism was obligate fermentative. The fermentation of glucose yielded mainly acetate and propionate. It grew with a generation time of 1 h 50 min. The DNA base ratio was found to be 51.6 mol % G+C. The characteristics of this organism indicated that it belongs to the genus Selenomonas closely similar to and by its main characteristics identical with the rumen bacterium Selenomonas ruminantium. The differing characteristics — production of catalase and lower temperature optimum (25°C) — interpretable as the result of adaptation to the specific environmental conditions may justify classification of the isolate into a new subspecies of S. ruminantium named Selenomonas ruminantium subsp. psychrocatalagenes. Additional information on the DNA base composition in strains of Selenomonas ruminantium (GA 192 and HD 1) was obtained. |
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Keywords: | Selenomonas ruminantium Rumen bacterium Sulfuretum Lateral flagella insertion Spheroplasts Propionate Acetate Catalase DNA base ratios |
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