Anaeroplasma intermedium
(Robinson & Freundt, 1987)
Etymology
Gr. pref. a – not, without, Gr. n. aer – air, Gr. neut. n. plasma – anything formed, N.L. neut. n. Anaeroplasma – a form not living with air; L. neut. adj. intermedium – intermediate
Taxonomy
Anaeroplasmatales – Anaeroplasmataceae – Anaeroplasma – Anaeroplasma intermedium, (relatedness and phylogenetic position are not shown since no sequence data have been published)
Type strain
7LAT (not available, initially isolated from bovine rumen, USA, ≤1972)
Genomes
no genome published (per 11/05/2024)
Cell morphology
spherical – coccoid
Colony morphology
fried egg morphology
Metabolism
fermentation of glucose; non-arginine-hydrolyzing, non-urea-hydrolyzing
Host
ruminants
Habitat
rumen
Disease(s)
natural inhabitant of the rumen
Pathogenicity
apathogenic
Epidemiology
unknown
Diagnosis
anaerobic cultivation and genetic species identification