Shimwellia

RANK: Genus

TAXONOMY: cellular organisms -> Bacteria -> Proteobacteria -> Gammaproteobacteria -> Enterobacteriales -> Enterobacteriaceae -> Shimwellia

OVERVIEW:

This microbe is a Gram negative rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of cockroaches. The rods occur singly or in pairs and can be motile by peritrichous flagella. Growth occurs optimally at 35-37 C. This microbe has not been associated with disease in either humans or cockroaches.


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Substrates/ Growth Factors
  • Iron supplements [parent]
  • Acetoin [parent]

    • Metabolic Endproducts
  • 2,3-Butanediol [parent]

    • Growth Inhibited by
  • Pomegranate ellagitannins [parent]

    • Growth Enhanced By
  • Aspartame [parent]