| Cross Index | Gloeothece membranacea |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria , Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Cyanobacteria
Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica |
| Contrast | Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Gloeothece membranacea |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Unicellular cyanobacteria that possess ovoid torod-shaped cells 5-6 microns by6-10 microms |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | Cells occur in aggregates held together by sheath material. photosynthetic thylakoids in the cytoplasm |
| Division | divide by transverse binary fission in a single plane |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid | colonies appear dark blue-green |
| Growth Parameters | Gloeothece membranacea |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | obligate photoautotrophs |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | max temp 35-39 C |
| Requirements | |
| Products | phycocyanin and phycoerythrin |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | fix nitrogen in the prsence of oxygen |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | wide distributed freshwater, acid bogs and alkaline caves |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Gloeothece membranacea |
| G+C Mol % | 40.8-42.7(Tm,Bd) |
| Reference | Gloeothece membranacea |
| First citation | Nageli,C. 1849. Galtungen einzelliger Algen physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denckschriften der allgemeinen schweitzerischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften Vol 10, Zurich |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p1738 J.B. Waterbury and R. Rippka |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 382 |
| References |