Caldanaerobacter

Marie-Laure Fardeau (1) , Bernard Ollivier (1) , Jean-Luc Cayol (1)

1 MIO - Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie

Cald.an.ae.ro.bac'ter. L. adj. caldus hot; Gr. pref. an not; Gr. n. aer air; N.L. masc. n. bacter equivalent of Gr. neut. dim. n. bakterion rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Caldanaerobacter a rod that grows in the absence of air at high temperatures. Firmicutes / “Clostridia” / Thermoanaerobacterales / Thermoanaerobacteraceae / Caldanaerobacter Cells are straight rods that stain Gram‐positive or negative. Endospores may be observed. Strictly anaerobic heterotrophs. Acetate and l ‐alanine are major end products of glucose fermentation, with approximately 1 mol of L‐alanine being produced per mol of glucose. Thermophilic member of the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae. DNA G+C content (mol%): 33–41. Type species: Caldanaerobacter subterraneus (Fardeau, Magot, Patel, Thomas, Garcia and Ollivier 2000) Fardeau, Bonilla‐Salinas, L'Haridon, Jeanthon, Verhé, Cayol, Patel and Garcia 2004, 471VP (Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus Fardeau, Magot, Patel, Thomas, Garcia and Ollivier 2000, 2145).

Domaines: Bactériologie

Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier, Jean-Luc Cayol. Caldanaerobacter. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB), 2015, 1, ⟨10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00745⟩. ⟨hal-02981646⟩