Acetonema

Acetonema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Sporomusaceae
Genus:	Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992 [1] [2]
Species:	A. longum
Binomial name
Acetonema longum Kane and Breznak 1992

Acetonema is a genus of bacteria in the family Sporomusaceae. It is H₂-oxidizing CO₂-reducing acetogenic strictly anaerobic endospore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped, isolated from gut contents of the wood-feeding termite Pterotermes occidentis. Cells are catalase positive, oxidase negative, and have 51.5 mol percent G + C in their DNA. Optimum conditions for growth on H₂ + CO₂ are at 30–33 degrees C and pH (initial) 7.8. Acetonema longum is the sole species within the genus. ^[3]

References

1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Acetonema". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Acetonema". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
3. Kane MD, Breznak JA (1991). "Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H₂/CO₂ acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis". Arch Microbiol. 156 (2): 91–8. doi:10.1007/bf00290979. PMID   1723588. S2CID   21214522.