Peloplasma aerotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Anaerobic Free-Living Mollicute Isolated from a Terrestrial Mud Volcano
Journal: Life
Year: 2024

A novel aerotolerant anaerobic bacterium (strain M4Ah<sup>T</sup>) was isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano (Taman Peninsula, Russia). Cells were small, cell-wall-less, non-motile cocci, 0.32-0.65 μm in diameter. The isolate was a mesophilic, neutrophilic chemoorganoheterotroph, growing on carbohydrates (D-glucose, D-trehalose, D-ribose, D-mannose, D-xylose, D-maltose, D-lactose, D-cellobiose, D-galactose, D-fructose, and D-sucrose), proteinaceous compounds (yeast extract, tryptone), and pyru