TREPONEMA-SUCCINIFACIENS SP-NOV, AN ANAEROBIC SPIROCHETE FROM THE SWINE INTESTINE
TREPONEMA-SUCCINIFACIENS SP-NOV, AN ANAEROBIC SPIROCHETE FROM THE SWINE INTESTINE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00411285
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
CANALEPAROLA, E
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作者:
CWYK, WM;CANALEPAROLA, E
The morphology, the general physiological characteristics and the energy-yielding metabolism of an obligately anaerobic spirochete isolated from the colon of a swine were studied. EM showed that the helical spirochetal cells possessed an outer sheath, a protoplasmic cylinder and 4 periplasmic fibrils in a 2-4-2 arrangement. The spirochete grew in an atmosphere of N2 in prereduced media containing a carbohydrate, NaHCO3, rumen fluid, yeast extract, peptone, L-cysteine and inorganic salts. The spirochete fermented carbohydrates and required substrate amounts of CO2 (HCO3-) for growth. Amino acids were not fermented. Major fermentation products of cells growing with glucose as the substrate and in the presence of CO2 were acetate, formate, succinate and lactate. Small amounts of 2,3-butanediol, pyruvate and acetoin were also formed. Determinations of enzymatic activities in cell extracts and of radioactivity in products formed by growing cells from [1-14C]glucose indicated that this sugar was dissimilated to pyruvate via the Embden-Meyerhof pathway. The spirochetes used a coliform-type clastic reaction to metabolize pyruvate. Determinations of radioactivity in products formed from [14C]NaHCO3 indicated that CO2 was assimilated and used in succinate production. The guanine+cytosine content of the DNA was 36 mol%. This study indicates that this intestinal spirochete represents a new Treponema sp. It is proposed that the new species be named T. succinifaciens.