| Cross Index | Thiomicrospira |
| 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 | Thiomicrospira |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Small spiral-shaped cells forming long screws or portions of a turn. Dimensions: 0.2-0.3 um in diameter, between 1 and 2 um long, sometimes seen in spirals of individual cells up to 30 um long... |
| Motility | Motile by means of a polar flagellum or nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | No resting stages are known |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thiomicrospira |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemolithotrophs able to use carbon dioxide as their major or only carbon source |
| Oxygen | Metabolism respiratory |
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| Requirements | At least one strain requires vitamin B12. Metabolic properties are very similar to those of Thiobacillus |
| Products | Energy derived from the oxidation of one or more reduced or partially reduced inorganic sulfur compounds including sulfide, elemental sulfur and thiosulfate. The final oxidation product is sulfate, but elemental sulfur may accumulate in the medium |
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| Unique features | .... |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thiomicrospira |
| G+C Mol % | 36 to 44 (Tm) |
| Reference | Thiomicrospira |
| First citation | Kuenen J..G. and H. Veldkamp. 1972. Thiomicrospira pelophila, gen. n. sp. n. a new obligately chemolithotrophic colourless sulfur bacterium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol 38: 241-256 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1858 J.G. Kuenen and L. A. Robertson |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 437 |
| References |