A new H2/CO2-using acetogenic bacterium from the rumen: description of Ruminococcus schinkii sp. nov

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1996 Jul 1;140(2-3):281-6. doi: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00195-4.

Abstract

Two strains of H2/CO2-using acetogenic bacteria were isolated from the rumen of suckling lambs. Both strains displayed a coccobacillar morphology and possessed a Gram-positive type cell wall. Numerous organic substrates, including some O-methylated aromatic compounds, were used heterotrophically. 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated that the two acetogenic isolates were phylogenetically identical and represent a new subline within Clostridium cluster XIVa. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic considerations a new species, Ruminococcus schinkii sp. nov., is proposed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Suckling
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism*
  • Clostridium / classification
  • Clostridium / genetics
  • Clostridium / metabolism
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / classification
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / genetics
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Rumen / microbiology*
  • Sheep

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Hydrogen

Associated data

  • GENBANK/X94964
  • GENBANK/X94965
  • GENBANK/X94966
  • GENBANK/X94967