| Cross Index | Thiodendron latens |
| 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 |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Thiodendron latens |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction not recorded |
| Morphology | Vibrio-shaped cells spirally twisted and with both ends somewhat tapered, 0.4-1.0 x 3-11 um |
| Motility | may be motile with flagella |
| Specialized structures | ; bear thin threads ("stalks" with a diameter of 0.15-0.25 um) on either one or both cell poles. The stalks may be prosthecae; they are straight or more or less flexuous, often are of considerable length, and occasionally appear to be branched dichotomously; they are arranged radially from a common center. Budding of the thin threads has been mentioned (Schmidt, 1981b); coccoid buds appear to grow out into Vibrio- shaped cells which then develop stalks. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies concentrically
layered, sometimes globular and grayish to bluish white
with alternating lighter and darker zonation. The
appearance is similar to that of thalli of the alga Padina
pavonia. The layering is assumed to reflect
rhythmical external deposition of granular or colloidal
sulfur as a result of H2S oxidation, but elemental sulfur
deposition is not always observed In the water of natural sulfur springs, colonies may grow to a size of 4 cm in 3-4 days. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thiodendron latens |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | presumably aerobic to microaerophilic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | H2S is required for growth |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | originally isolated in pure culture from a sulfur spring near Chokrakskoye in Russia. Also observed in peat mud, sand, or various freshwater samples |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thiodendron latens |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Thiodendron latens |
| First citation | Perfil'ev,B.V. and D.R. Gabe. 1961. Capillary methods of investigating microorgansims. Izv. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. (in Russian) (English translation J.M. Shewan, University of Toronto Press Toronto 1969 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1990 P. Hirsch |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 431 |
| References |