Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum

(Robinson & Hungate, 1973; Robinson & Allison, 1975)

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; N.L. dim. n. bact- – part of N.L. n. bacterium – a small rod, N.L. adj. clasticus – breaking, N.L. neut. adj. bactoclasticum –bacteriolytic (referring to the organisms’ ability to digest bacterial cells)

Taxonomy

Anaeroplasmatales – Anaeroplasmataceae – Anaeroplasma – Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum, closely related to Anaeroplasma varium (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity – 97.77%) (Fig. 1)

Type strain

JR^T (not available, initially isolated from bovine rumen, USA, ≤1972), (Fig. 2, 16S rRNA gene sequence)

Genomes

4 draft genomes (material from JR^T – USA, 3 from metagenomics – USA) (NCBI Genome deposit 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

Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood tree showing the phylogenetic position of Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum JR^T close to genus Acholeplasma based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Numbers at nodes represent bootstrap confidence values (1000 replications). Only values > 80% are shown. Bar, number of substitutions per nucleotide position. Credits: Joachim Spergser (Vetmeduni Vienna)

>Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum JR^T

TTTTGGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGGATTAACGCTGGCGGCGTGCCTAATACATGCAAGTCGAATGGTAGCAATACCATGGCGAACGGGTGAGTAACACGTAGGTAACCTGTCTTTAAGACGAGGATAACCGATGGAAACGTCGGATAATACTCGATAGGTGATTTGARGGCATCYTTGRATCATTAAAGATTTATCACTTAGAGAGGGGCCTNCGGCGCATTAGCTAGATGGCGGTGTAATGGACCACCATGGCGATGATGCGTAGCCGGACTGAGAGGTTGAACGGCCACAATGGAACTGAGAACGGTCCATNCTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTAGGGAATTTTCGGCAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGACCGAGCAACGCCGCGTGAACGAAGAAGTATTTCGGTATGTAAAGTTCTTTTATTGGGGAAGAAAAATATCCAAATTGACGGTACCCAATGAATAAGCTCCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGGAGCNAGCGTTATCCGGAATTATTGGGCGTAAAGGGTGCGTAGATGGCAATGTAAGTCTTGTGTAAAATTGTTGGGCTCAACCCAATAGGGCACAAGATACTGCATAGCTCGAGTATTGGAGAGGCAAGTGGAACTCCATGTGTAGCGGTAAAATGCGTAAATATATGGAAGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTGCTAGCCAGATACTGACATTGAGGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCCTNAACGATGAGTACTAAGTGTTGGTGATAAATCAGTGCTGAAGTTAACGCATTAAGTACTCCGCCTGAGTAGTACGTACGCAAGTATGAAACTTAAAGGAATTGACGGGAGCCNGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTTGTTTAATTCGACGNTACGCGAAGAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATCTAGGTGTTAGTTATAGAGATATANCGAGATTGCCTAAGACAGGTGGTGCATGGTTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCNCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTNTTTCTAGTTACCATCATTCAGTTGGGGACTCTAGAGAGACTGCCAGTGATAAATTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTNNAATCATCATGCCCTTTATGACCTGGGCTACAAACGTGCTACAATGGCTGAAACAAAGAGAAGCGAAGCAGTGATGTGGAGCAAACCTCATAAAAGCAGTCTCAGTTCGGATTGAAGTCTGCAACTCGACTTCATGAAGTTGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGAATCAGAATGTCGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCTTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCAAACCATGAGAGTTTGTAATACCCGAAGCCGGTGGCCTAACGCAAGAGGGAGCCGTCTAAGGTAGGACAGATGATTGGGG

Fig. 2. 16S rRNA gene sequence of Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum JR^T(Accession number: NR_044675)

Species assigned by: Robinson, J.P., Hungate, R.E. 1973. Acholeplasma bactoclasticum sp. n., an anaerobic mycoplasma from the bovine rumen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 23: 171-181; Robinson, I.M., Allison, M.J. 1975. Transfer of Acholeplasma bactoclasticum Robinson and Hungate to the genus Anaeroplasma (Anaeroplasma bactoclasticum Robinson and Hungate comb. nov.): emended description of the species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 25: 182-186.