Abstract
An.ae.ro'mu.sa. L. v. Gr. pref. an not; Gr. n. aer air; N.L. n. musa a banana; N.L. fem. n. Anaeromusa an anaerobic banana.
Firmicutes / “Clostridia” / Clostridiales / Veillonellaceae / Anaeromusa
Cells are curved Gram-stain-negative rods, usually single or in pairs. Motile by means of lateral flagella. Nonspore-former. Obligately anaerobic chemo-organotroph. A limited range of amino acids are fermented mainly to acetate and propionate. Sulfate, thiosulfate, and nitrate are not reduced. Mesophilic.
DNA G+C content (mol%): ~48.
Type species: Anaeromusa acidaminophila (Nanninga, Drent and Gottschal 1987) Baena, Fardeau, Woo, Ollivier, Labat and Patel, 1999, 973VP (Selenomonas acidaminophila Nanninga, Drent and Gottschal 1987, 156).
