| Cross Index | Microcoleus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria , Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Cyanobacteria
Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica |
| Contrast | Anoxygenic
Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Microcoleus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | These oscillatorian type
trichomes are characterized by the presence of a common,
homogeneous sheath. It surrounds several parallel
trichomes that are often spirally and tightly interwoven.
In axenic culture, some workers have found that the common sheath disappears, eg. PCC 7420 (Rippka et al. 1979). In other cultures (see Javor and Castenholz 1981), fascicles of trichomes were maintained with thin common sheaths, particularly under unidirectional light (Pearson et al. 1979). |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid | one species in particular has been studied extensively but mainly as feral material from intertidal mats (M. chthonoplastes Thuret). Although cultures (including axenic) have been used at times (Pearson et al. 1979, 1981; Javor and Castenholz, 1981), little characterization of Microcoleus has come from work with cultures |
| Growth Parameters | Microcoleus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | and |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Several species from marine and freshwater have been described (Geitler, 1932), |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Microcoleus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | |
| First citation | Desmazieres 1823 cited by Castenholz no specific reference |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1780 R.W. Castenholz |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 394 |
| References |