Sporomusa termitida

Sporomusa termitida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Veillonellaceae
Genus:	Sporomusa
Species:	S. profundus
Binomial name
Sporomusa termitida Breznak et al. 1990

Sporomusa termitida is a species of bacteria. It is an acetogen first isolated from termites (Nasutitermes nigriceps).[1] Its cells are strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, endospore-forming, straight to slightly curved rods (0.5–0.8×2–8 μm) that are motile by means of lateral flagella.

References

1. Breznak, John A.; Switzer, Jodi M.; Seitz, H. -J. (1988). "Sporomusa termitida sp. nov., an H2/CO2-utilizing acetogen isolated from termites". Archives of Microbiology. 150 (3): 282–288. doi:10.1007/BF00407793. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 31077857.

Further reading

• Breznak, John A.; Blum, Jodi Switzer (1991). "Mixotrophy in the termite gut acetogen, Sporomusa termitida". Archives of Microbiology. 156 (2): 105–110. Bibcode:1991ArMic.156..105B. doi:10.1007/BF00290981. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 23471042.

External links

• LPSN
• "Sporomusa termitida". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• Type strain of Sporomusa termitida at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase