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 |
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 |