Abstract
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, 573VP [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, 61AL; Ristella furcosa (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1938, 291].
