| Cross Index | Oscillochloris |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Purple Bacteria
Green Bacteria
Anaerobic chemotropic Erythrobacter longus, |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Oscillochloris |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | may be positive or negative |
| Morphology | Cells arranged in uniseriately multicellular flexible filaments Trichomes uniformly wide throughout their length, length variable, nonbranching, without sheath |
| Motility | gliding motility |
| Specialized structures | .Trichomes are morphologically similar to cyanobacteria of the genus Oscillatoria; however, occasionally a differentiated end cell is present which produces attaching material. Trichomes multiply by hormogonia. Cells contain gas vacuoles. Trichomes appear green or yellow-green. Contain bacteriochlorophylls c and a as well as carotenoids. The light-harvesting structures of the photosynthetic apparatus are chlorosomes. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Oscillochloris |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Phototrophic under anaerobic conditions; may be capable of chemoorganotrophic growth under aerobic conditions in the dark. |
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| Genome | Oscillochloris |
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| Reference | Oscillochloris |
| First citation | Gorlenko,V. M. and T.A. Pivovarova. 1977. On the assignment of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria coerulescens Gicklhorn, 1921, to the new genus of cholorobacteria Oscillochloris nov, gen. Izv. Akad. Nauk S.S.S. R. Ser. Biol. 3: 396-409 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1703 V.M. Gorlenko |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 363 |
| References |