| Cross Index | Cyanothece -group |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Phototrophic Oxygenic Bacteria |
| Compare | Cyanobacteria
Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica |
| Contrast | The photosynthetic or phototrophic bacteria can be broken into two major groups; the Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria that grow under anaerobic conditions and theOxygenic PhototrophicBacteria that use oxygen to carry out photosynthesis |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Cyanothece-group |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | rod shaped to coccoid cells that are 3 um or larger in diameter |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | intracellular thylakoids, no defined sheath |
| Division | central transverse binary fission in a single plane |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Cyanothece-group |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | obligate phototrophs, photoautotrophs |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | maximum temp 35-43 oC depending on species |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | The photosynthetic or phototrophic bacteria can be broken into two major groups; those that grow under anaerobic conditions and those that use oxygen to carry out photosynthesis |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | rice fields, mangrove mat, freshwater,marine and hypersolar ponds, acidic bog, limestone cave |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Cyanothece-group |
| G+C Mol % | 41.2-48.6 |
| Reference | Cyanothece-group |
| First citation | |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematic | p 1739-1741 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 382 |
| References |