Acetonema
Genus of bacteria
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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]
| 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 | |
