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Appeared in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Editor list: Whitman, WB

Publication year: 2018

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00773.pub2

Abstract: 

Sneath'i.a. N.L. fem. n. Sneathia named after the British microbiologist Peter H. A. Sneath, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to microbial systematics.

Fusobacteria / Fusobacteriia / Fusobacteriales / Leptotrichiaceae / Sneathia

Gram-stain-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria; nonmotile. Cells may display pleomorphism, and filaments may be observed. Anaerobic, although some strains may show poor growth in CO₂. Fermentative metabolism. Acid but no gas is produced from glucose. Acid is not produced from ribose or maltose. Lactic acid, formic acid, and minor amounts of acetic acid are the end products of glucose metabolism; succinic acid may be produced. Fastidious; requires serum or blood for growth. Optimum temperature for growth 35–37°C. Catalase and oxidase negative. Esculin and hippurate are hydrolyzed but starch is not. β-Glucuronidase is produced. Indole is not produced. Voges–Proskauer negative. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite.

DNA G + C content (mol%): 22–25 [derived from genomic data (dfgd)].

Type species: Sneathia sanguinegens Collins, Hoyles, Törnqvist, von Essen and Falsen 2002, 687^VP (Validation List no. 85) (Effective publication: Collins, Hoyles, Törnqvist, von Essen and Falsen 2001, 360).

Harvard Citation style: Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J. and Kämpfer, P. (2018) Sneathia, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00773.pub2

APA Citation style: Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., & Kämpfer, P. (2018). Sneathia. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00773.pub2