Selenomonad
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Members of the genus Selenomonas (motile crescent-shaped bacteria in general) are referred to trivially as selenomonads. The genus Selenomonas constitutes a group of motile crescent-shaped bacteria and includes species living in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals, in particular the ruminants. A number of smaller forms discovered with the light microscope are now in culture but many, especially the large selenomonads are not, owing to their fastidious and incompletely known growth requirements.
Species
Genus
- PhylumFirmicutes
- ClassNegativicutes
- OrderSelenomonadales
- FamilyVeillonellaceae
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Research
5 papers- Succinate transport by a ruminal selenomonad and its regulation by carbohydrate availability and osmotic strength.Applied and environmental microbiology · 1991
- Role of sodium in the growth of a ruminal selenomonad.Applied and environmental microbiology · 1991
- Influence of CH4 production by Methanobacterium ruminantium on the fermentation of glucose and lactate by Selenomonas ruminantium.Applied and environmental microbiology · 1977
- Effects of an Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract and other factors on lactate utilization by the ruminal bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii.Journal of animal science · 1993
- Characterization of Egg Yolk Antibodies for Detection and Quantification of Selenomonas ruminantium by Using an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay.Applied and environmental microbiology · 1990
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Gram stain
- Etymology
- History and description
- Phylogeny
- See also
- References
Members of the genus Selenomonas (motile crescent-shaped bacteria in general) are referred to trivially as selenomonads. The genus Selenomonas constitutes a group of motile crescent-shaped bacteria and includes species living in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals, in particular the ruminants. A number of smaller forms discovered with the light microscope are now in culture but many, especially the large selenomonads are not, owing to their fastidious and incompletely known growth requirements.
==Gram stain==
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