clostridium uliginosum sp. nov., a novel acid-tolerant, anaerobic bacterium with connecting filaments. | an anaerobic, acid-tolerant bacterium, ck55t, was isolated from an acidic forest bog. cells of ck55t stained gram-negative but did not have an outer membrane. cells were spore-forming, motile rods with peritrichous flagella, formed chains or aggregates and were linked by connecting filaments that were composed of a core and outer sheath. cellobiose, glucose, xylose, mannose, mannitol, sucrose and peptone supported growth. arabinose, lactose, raffinose, h2/co2, co/co2, vanillate, casamino acids a ... | 2001 | 11411680 |