Cross Index Thiobacterium bovista
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria
Compare Nitrifying bacteria:

Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus, Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus

Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus

Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus,

Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Thiobacterium bovista
CELLULAR  
Staining  
Morphology Rod-shaped cells
Motility Nonmotile
Specialized structures Each cell contains one or more sulfur globules. Cells embedded in gelatinous masses which are spherical when free-floating or are dendroid when attached to a solid substrate.. Appear as "puffballs" floating on the water. No resting stages known.
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface Has not been grown in pure culture. may grow in association with alga and cyanobacteria especially Lyngbya
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Thiobacterium bovista
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen  
pH  
Temperature 20 C
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Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat free floating in stagant, hydrogen sulfide containing waters or attached to solid surfaces
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Thiobacterium bovista
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Reference Thiobacterium bovista
First citation First Described by Molisch in 1912 who called it Bacterium bovista (Molisch,H. 1912. Neue farblose Schwefelmikroorganismen des Haspaler Meerbusens. Bulletin du Jardi Imperiale Botanique de St. Petersbourg T. 13:106-112)

Renamed by Janke (Janke, A.1924. Allgemeine Technische Mikrobiologie I. Teil Die Mikroorganismen. T. Steinkopf, Dresden und Leipzig)
List organism does not Appear in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
The Prokaryotes p 3934, 3940 J.W.M. La Riviere and K. Schmidt
Bergey's Systematatic p 1838 J. W. M. LaRiviere and J.G. Kuenen
Bergey's Determinative p 431
References Lackey and Lackey 1961