Anaerorhabdus

An.ae.ro.rhab'dus. Gr. pref. an not; Gr. n. aer air: anaero (not living) in air; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos rod; N.L. fem. n. Anaerohabdus rod‐shaped bacterium not living in air. Bacteroidetes / Bacteroidia / Bacteroidales / Bacteroidaceae / Anaerorhabdus Short rods . Nonspore‐forming. Nonmotile. Gram‐negative. Anaerobic. Nonsaccharolytic , although a few carbohydrates may be fermented weakly. Acetic and lactic acids are the major metabolic end products in peptone‐yeast extract‐glucose broth (PYG). Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase is produced , but 6‐phosphogluconate dehydrogenase , malate dehydrogenase , and glutamate dehydrogenase are absent . Sphingolipids and menaquinones are not produced . The nonhydroxylated long‐chain fatty acids are primarily of the straight‐chain saturated and monounsaturated types . Methyl branched fatty acids are either absent or present in small amounts . Isolated from infected appendix, lung abscesses, and abdominal abscesses. Infrequently isolated from human and pig feces. DNA G + C content ( mol %): 34. Type species : Anaerorhabdus furcosa (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986, 573 VP [Effective publication: Anaerorhabdus furcosus ( sic ) (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986, 86.] [ Bacillus furcosus Veillon and Zuber 1898, 541; Fusiformis furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Topley and Wilson 1929, 302; Bacteroides furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy, Ehringer, Urbain, Guillot and Magrou 1937, 61 AL ; Ristella furcosa (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1938, 291].