CHARACTERIZATION OF 2 SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA FROM THE GUT OF THE SOIL-FEEDING TERMITE, CUBITERMES-SPECIOSUS

被引:22
作者
BRAUMAN, A [1 ]
KOENIG, JF [1 ]
DUTREIX, J [1 ]
GARCIA, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV AIX MARSEILLE 1,ORSTOM,MICROBIOL LAB,3 PL V HUGO,F-13331 MARSEILLE 3,FRANCE
来源
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY | 1990年 / 58卷 / 04期
关键词
CUBITERMES-SPECIOSUS; DESULFOVIBRIO; SOIL-FEEDING TERMITE; SULFATE REDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;
D O I
10.1007/BF00399339
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Two sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) were isolated from a mixed culture enriched with benzoate obtained from gut homogenate of the soil-feeding higher termite, Cubitermes speciosus. The organisms were vibrioid rods, staining Gram-negative, which performed incomplete substrate oxidation. They differed in several features. The smaller one, strain STp, was motile with a single polar flagellum. This strain differed from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans only by its inability to oxidize malate and pentanol. The bigger one, strain STg, differed from Desulfovibrio giganteus only by its nonmotility and a lower length. It is the first evidence of the presence of SRB in termite gut.
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页码:271 / 275
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