Geosporobacter ferrireducens

Bacteria
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Overview

  • Geosporobacter ferrireducens is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 37.2%. Geosporobacter ferrireducens is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Hong2015a)



  • This organism has been recovered from an oil-contaminated site, Korea. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Fe(III) acts as an electron acceptor
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Hong2015a);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.5; tolerates pH 10; Grows optimally at pH 9.0-9.5.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 25℃; grows at 45℃; Grows optimally at 40℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • fructose; glucose; mannitol; ribose; arginine; glutamate; histidine; proline; benzoate; lactate; glutamine;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
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  • Sulfate:
  • not reduced
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  • Thiosulfate:
  • not reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Clostridiaceae Genus:  Geosporobacter Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  an oil-contaminated site, Korea
    DNA G+C(%):  37.2
    Opt. T:  40℃
    Lower T(℃):  25(+)
    High T(℃):  45(+)
    Opt. pH:  9.0-9.5
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.5(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Fructose:  + Glucose:  + Ribose:  + Xylose:  neg Ethanol:  neg Mannitol:  + Methanol:  neg Propanol:  neg Ala:  neg Arg:  + Cys:  neg Glu:  + Gly:  neg His:  + Ile:  neg Lys:  neg Pro:  + Ser:  neg Thr:  neg Acetate:  neg Benzoate:  + Formate:  neg Fumarate:  neg Lactate:  + Propionate:  neg Pyruvate:  neg Succinate:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR GEOSPOROBACTER FERRIREDUCENS
  • Hong2015a - Geosporobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR GEOSPOROBACTER FERRIREDUCENS
  • New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.
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    • Added: March 18, 2022