Thiodicyton

Cross Index	Thiodicyton
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
Compare	Purple Bacteria Internal sulfur granulesAmoebobacter, Chromatium, Lamprobacter modestohalophilus, Lamprocystis roseopersicina, Thiocapsa, Thiocystis, Thiodicyton, Thiopedia rosea , Thiospirillum jenense, External sulfur granules Ectothiorhodospira no granules Rhodobacter, Rhodocyclus, Rhodomicrobium vannieli, Rhodopila globiformis, Rhodopseudomonas, Rhodospirillum, Green Bacteria Sulfur granules Anachloris perfilievii, Chlorobium, Chloroherpeton thalassium, Pelodictyon, Prosthecachloris no sulfur granules Heliobacillus mobilis, Heliobacterium chlorum Multicellular filamentous Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Chloronema, Heliothrix oregonensis, Oscillochloris Anaerobic chemotropic Erythrobacter longus,
Contrast	Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea
Subset

Morphology

Thiodicyton

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram-negative
Morphology	Cells rod-shaped with rounded ends, sometimes appearing spindle-shaped.,. May form aggregates in which the cells are arranged end to end in an irregular netlike structure, the shape of which is not constant. May also form more compact clumps or break up into individual cells..
Motility	non-motile under all conditions
Specialized structures	Contain internal photosynthetic membrane systems of vesicular type in which the photosynthetic pigments bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids are located. Contain large, irregular shaped gas vacuoles in the central part of the cell During sulfide oxidation, globules of elemental sulfur are transiently stored in the gas vacuole- free peripheral part of the cell

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

Growth Parameters

Thiodicyton

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	Obligately phototrophic Capable of photolithoautotrophic growth with sulfide or sulfur as electron donor
Oxygen	strictly anaerobic
pH
Temperature
Requirements
Products	Final oxidation product is sulfate.
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	mud and stagnant water of ponds and lakes containing hydrogen sulfide; not uncommon as planktonic bacterium in the sulfide-containing hypolimnion of freshwater lakes.
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

Genome

Thiodicyton

G+C Mol %

65.3-66.3 (Bd)

Reference	Thiodicyton
First citation	Winogradsky, S. 1888. Uber Eisenbakterien. Bot Z 42: 261-270 Winogradsky, S. 1888. Beitrage zur Morphologie und Physiologie der bacterien. Heft 1. Zur Morphologie unde Physiologie der Schwefelbakterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig pp 1-120
The Prokaryotes
Bergey's Systematatic	p 1650 Norbert Pfennig
Bergey's Determinative	p 356
References