title: Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium.
abstract: Ruminal fluid which was enriched with trans-aconitate yielded a gram-negative diplococcus (strain AO) which was identified by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis as Acidaminococcus fermentans. In contrast to the original description, the A. fermentans type strain and strain AO were found to utilize citrate as an energy source and to produce hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide. The descriptions of the genus and species are emended accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rainey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000156:Aconitic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002951:Citrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019343:Citric Acid; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D019343:Citric Acid; D000156:Aconitic Acid