Syntrophomonas zehnderi

Syntrophomonas zehnderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Syntrophomonadaceae
Genus: Syntrophomonas
Species: S. zehnderi
Binomial name
Syntrophomonas zehnderi
Sousa et al. 2007

Syntrophomonas zehnderi is a bacterium. It is anaerobic, syntrophic (in association with methanogens, particularly Methanobacterium formicicum) and fatty acid-oxidizing. The type strain is OL-4T (=DSM 17840T =JCM 13948T). Cells are slightly curved, non-motile rods.[1]

References

  1. Diana Z. Sousa, Hauke Smidt, M. Madalena Alves & Alfons J. M. Stams (March 2007). "Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 57 (Pt 3): 609–615. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64734-0. PMID 17329794.

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