Acetonema

Acetonema is a genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae. It is H₂-oxidizing CO₂-reducing acetogenic strictly anaerobic endospore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped, isolated from gut contents of the wood-feeding termite Pterotermes occidentis. Cells are catalase positive, oxidase negative, and have 51.5 mol percent G + C in their DNA. Optimum conditions for growth on H₂ + CO₂ are at 30–33 degrees C and pH (initial) 7.8. Acetonema longum is the sole species within the genus.^[3]

Acetonema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Sporomusaceae
Genus:	Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992[1][2]
Type species
Acetonema longum Kane and Breznak 1992
Species
A. longum

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera