Obligately anaerobic and catalyzes the homolactic fermentation of both hexoses and pentoses.
Isolated from the gut of an omnivorous Madeira cockroach (Rhyparobia maderae).
Song Y, Herve V, Radek R, Pfeiffer F, Zheng H, Brune A
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Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches.