Both B, Buckel W, Kroppenstedt R, Stackebrandt E
Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Christian Albrechts Universität Kiel, FRG.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1992 Oct 1;76(1-2):7-11. doi: 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90355-r.
The phylogenetic position of Acidaminococcus fermentans was determined by comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA. This Gram-negative bacterium is a member of the Sporomusa cluster that is defined by other Gram-negative bacteria, i.e. Sporomusa, Megasphaera, Selenomonas, Butyrivibrio, Pectinatus, and Zymophilus. The branching point of this group within the radiation of Gram-positive bacteria of the Clostridium/Bacillus subphylum and adjacent to Peptococcus niger could be confirmed. Chemotaxonomic data were provided for a more detailed characterization of A. fermentans.
