Abstract
An.a.e.ro.vo'rax. Gr. suff. an non; Gr. n. aer air; L. adj. vorax voracious; N.L. masc. n. Anaerovorax an anaerobic voracious bacterium.
Firmicutes / “Clostridia” / Clostridiales / incertae Sedis - Family III / Anaerovorax
Strictly anaerobic chemoorganotrophic bacteria of fermentative metabolism, nonphotosynthetic; inorganic electron acceptors not used. Typical cell-wall structure of Gram-positive bacteria without an outer membrane but Gram-negative staining. Nonsporeforming.
DNA G+C content (mol%): 29.6 ± 1.0.
Type species: Anaerovorax odorimutans Matthies, Evers, Ludwig and Schink 2000, 1593VP.