Table 4: The Order Clostridiales
|
| Species |
Location |
Morphology |
- Temperature
- (optimum, °C)
|
- pH Range
- (Optimum)
|
Metabolism |
Electron Donor |
Electron Acceptor |
Comments |
Ref. |
| Coprothermobacter platensis |
Methanogenic reactor, treating protein-rich water |
Straight rods; non-motile; pleomorphic |
- 35-65
- (55)
|
- 4.3-8.3
- (7.0)
|
M |
Gelatin; casein; bovine albumin; yeast extract; peptones; sugars; starch |
S2O3(2-) |
Strictly anaerobic |
- Etchebehere et al. (1998)
|
| Coprothermobacter leptostartum |
Cattle manure |
Long, thin rods |
- nd
- (60)
|
- nd
- (7.5)
|
O |
Yeast extract; tryptone; glucose; maltose; xylose |
Organics |
Strictly anaerobic |
Toda et al. (1987) |
| Carboxydobrachium pacificum |
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent, Okinawa Trough |
Straight rods; 4-10 micrometers long; nonmotile |
- 50-80
- (70)
|
- 5.8-7.6
- (6.8-7.2)
|
M, O |
CO; starch; peptone; yeast extract; cellobiose; glucose; galactose; fructose; pyruvate |
H2O; organics |
Capable of using CO as sole energy source |
Sokolova et al. (2001) |
| Syntrophothermus lipocalidus |
Anaerobic sludge |
Slightly curved rods; weakly motile |
- 45-60
- (55)
|
- 5.8-7.5
- (6.5-7.0)
|
M |
Crotonate; butyrate; straight chain fatty acids (C4-C10); iso-butyrate |
S2O3(2-) |
Growth in co-culture with Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum; strictly anaerobic |
Sekiguchi et al. (2000) |
