| Cross Index | Thiospira |
| 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 | Thiospira |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Spirilla, usually with pointed ends, |
| Motility | Motile by monotrichous or polytrichous polar flagella |
| Specialized structures | with sulfur inclusions.. Noresting stages known. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Has not been cultivated in pure culture. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thiospira |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
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| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thiospira |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Thiospira |
| First citation | Visloukh ,S.M. 1914, Spirillum kolkwitzii nov.sp. (in Russian) Zh. Mikrobiol 1(1-2):42-51. |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1840 J.W.M. LaRieviere and J. G. Kuenen |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 431 |
| References |