A NEW H-2 CO2-USING ACETOGENIC BACTERIUM FROM THE RUMEN - DESCRIPTIONOF RUMINOCOCCUS-SCHINKII SP-NOV/

Authors
RIEULESME F MORVAN B COLLINS MD FONTY G WILLEMS A
Citation
F. Rieulesme et al., A NEW H-2 CO2-USING ACETOGENIC BACTERIUM FROM THE RUMEN - DESCRIPTIONOF RUMINOCOCCUS-SCHINKII SP-NOV/, FEMS microbiology letters, 140(2-3), 1996, pp. 281-286
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
140
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1996)140:2-3<281:ANHCAB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Two strains of H-2/CO2-using acetogenic bacteria were isolated from th e rumen of suckling lambs. Both strains displayed a coccobacillar morp hology and possessed a Gram-positive type cell wall. Numerous organic substrates, including some O-methylated aromatic compounds, were used heterotrophically. 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated that the two acetogenic isolates were phylogenetically identical and represent a ne w subline within Clostridium cluster XIVa. Based on phenotypic and phy logenetic considerations a new species, Ruminococcus schinkii sp. nov. , is proposed.