Cross Index Synechocytsis-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

Archaea

Subset  

 

Morphology Synechocytsis-Group
CELLULAR  
Staining  
Morphology unicellular coccoid or spherical cells that are 2-7 um in diamter
Motility  
Specialized structures thylakoids present, aggregates sometimes occur in amorphous slime that holds cells together
Division binary fission is central but in 2-3 successive planes at right angles to each other
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Synechocytsis-Group
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen  
pH  
Temperature  
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  
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Synechocytsis-Group
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Synechocytsis-Group
First citation  
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Determinative p385
References