Alteracholeplasma palmae

(aka Acholeplasma palmae)

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Alteracholeplasma palmae, (aka Acholeplasma palmae), is a Gram-stain unknown, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 30.0%. Alteracholeplasma palmae is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Tully1994)



  • This organism has been recovered from plant surfaces. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Cholesterol or serum is not required for growth.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tully1994);
    Character Response
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 18℃; grows at 37℃; Grows optimally at 30℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • glucose;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • glucose;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response

    Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Tenericutes Class:  Mollicutes Order:  Acholeplasmatales Family:  Acholeplasmataceae Genus:  Alteracholeplasma Alt. name:  Acholeplasma palmae Gram stain:  unk O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  plant surfaces
    DNA G+C(%):  30.0
    Opt. T:  30℃
    Lower T(℃):  18(+)
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    		Urea:  neg Arginine:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Glucose:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Glucose:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR ALTERACHOLEPLASMA PALMAE
  • Watanabe2021 - Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II–IV
  • Tully1994 - Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR ALTERACHOLEPLASMA PALMAE
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.
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    • Added: March 18, 2022