Genus II. Alterococcus
Editors
N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Volume
4
Issue
2
First page number:
821
Last page number:
823
Abstract
Spherical cells with Gram-negative cell structure. Gram-stain-negative. Motile by means of a single flagellum. Facultative anaerobes capable of aerobic growth on peptone and yeast extract. Ferment monosaccharides or disaccharides for carbon and energy. Ferment glucose primarily to butyrate, together with propionate or formate. Lactate and acetate also produced. No gas produced. Do not ferment peptides. Agarolytic. Oxidase- and catalase-positive. Moderately thermophilic, growing at 40-56°C but not 30 or 60°C. Slightly halophilic, growing in media containing l-3% NaCI but not in those containing 0 or 5% NaCl. Require sodium. C15:0 anteiso is the most abundant cellular fatty acid. Phylogenetically, the genus belongs to the order opitutales in the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Isolated from two hot springs in the intertidal zone of Lutao, Taiwan, based on their ability to hydrolyze agar in an agar-solidified marine medium.
Keywords
Alterococcus; Bacteria – Classification; Bacteria – Physiology; Phylogeny
Disciplines
Bacteriology | Life Sciences | Microbial Physiology | Microbiology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Shieh, W. Y.,
Hedlund, B. P.
(2011).
Genus II. Alterococcus. In N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman,
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 4(2),
821-823.
Springer Verlag.
COinS