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''Aminobacterium mobile'' is a Gram-negative, anaerobic,
mesophilic A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, with an optimum growth range from . The optimum growth temperature for these organisms is 37°C. The term is mainly applied to microorganisms. Org ...
, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Aminobacterium ''Aminobacterium'' is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family of Synergistaceae The Synergistota is a phylum of anaerobic bacteria that show Gram-negative staining and have rod/vibrioid cell shape. Although Synergistota have a dide ...
'' which has been isolated from anaerobic lagoon from a dairy wastewater treatment plant in
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. Dissimilar to ''
Aminobacterium colombiense ''Aminobacterium colombiense'' is a Gram-negative, mesophilic, strictly anaerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of ''Aminobacterium'' which has been isolated from anaerobic lagoon from a dairy wastewater treatment plant in Co ...
'', ''Aminobacterium mobile'' has a marginally lower DNA
GC-content In molecular biology and genetics, GC-content (or guanine-cytosine content) is the percentage of nitrogenous bases in a DNA or RNA molecule that are either guanine (G) or cytosine (C). This measure indicates the proportion of G and C bases out o ...
(44 mol% vs 46 mol%.) ''Aminobacterium mobile'' is motile and ferments
Serine Serine (symbol Ser or S) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated − form under biological conditions), a carboxyl group (which is in the deprotonated − form un ...
to
Acetate An acetate is a salt (chemistry), salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. Alkali metal, alkaline, Alkaline earth metal, earthy, Transition metal, metallic, nonmetallic or radical Radical (chemistry), base). "Acetate" als ...
and Alanine. ''Aminobacterium mobile'' is both a Heterotroph and Asaccharolytic. Its adverse effects on both animals and humans are not yet known, but because of the ability of ''Aminobacterium mobile'' to degrade
amino acids Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. Although hundreds of amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the alpha-amino acids, which comprise proteins. Only 22 alpha am ...
and
peptides Peptides (, ) are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. Long chains of amino acids are called proteins. Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides. A p ...
, the possibility of harmful effects cannot be excluded.


References

Bacteria described in 2000 Synergistota {{Bacteria-stub