Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans OS1 is an anaerobe, chemoorganotroph, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from oil water separation unit effluent.

Name and taxonomic classification:

Last LPSN update: 14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)

Domain: "Bacteria"

Phylum: Synergistota

Class: Synergistia

Order: Synergistales

Family: Synergistaceae

Genus: Acetomicrobium

Species: Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016

Synonym: Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans

Culture medium: 

ANAEROBACULUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 104a)

Temperature:

Growth: 55 °C

Growth: 40-65 °C

Optimum: 55 °C

pH:

Optimum: 7

Growth: 6-9

Oxygen tolerance: anaerobe

obligate anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: oil water separation unit effluent

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Alaska, North Slope Borough, Oil production water

Country: USA

Country ISO 3 Code: USA

Continent: North America

Culture col. no.: DSM 22491, ATCC BAA-1850