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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.gbm00774.pub2

Abstract: 

Strep.to.ba.cil'lus. Gr.adj. streptos twisted, curved; L. masc. n. bacillus a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Streptobacillus a twisted or curved small rod.

Fusobacteria / Fusobacteriia / Fusobacteriales / Leptotrichiaceae / Streptobacillus

Rods with rounded or pointed ends. Occurs singly or form long, wavy chains. Non-spore-forming. Nonmotile. Gram-stain-negative. Conversion to l-phase or transitional-phase variant may occur spontaneously during cultivation. Capable of growing anaerobically or aerobically. Ferments glucose to produce acid but not gas. Optimum temperature 35–37°C. Catalase and oxidase negative. Indole not produced. Nitrate not reduced to nitrite. Requires serum, ascitic fluid, or blood for growth. Isolated from the nasopharynx of wild and laboratory rats and from the throat of humans ( Streptobacillus hongkongensis ). Streptobacillus moniliformis causes rat-bite fever in man.

DNA G + C content (mol%): 25.8–28.9 [derived from genomic data (dfgd)].

Type species: Streptobacillus moniliformis Levaditi, Nicolau and Poincloux 1925, 1188^AL.

Harvard Citation style: Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Rau, J. and Kämpfer, P. (2018) Streptobacillus, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00774.pub2

APA Citation style: Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Rau, J., & Kämpfer, P. (2018). Streptobacillus. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00774.pub2