| Cross Index | Thiosphaera |
| 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 | Thiosphaera |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | .Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Cells coccoid (but on rich media may fail to divide), occurring singly, in pairs and as a chain.. |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | No resting stages are known |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thiosphaera |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Facultative chemolithoauto-troph able to utilize reduced sulfur compounds as energy source for growth |
| Oxygen | Metabolism respiratory, able to use oxygen and/or nitrate, nitrite or a nitrogen oxide as terminal electron acceptor |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | CO2 can serve as source of carbon |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | Oxidase- and catalase-positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thiosphaera |
| G+C Mol % | 66 (Tm). |
| Reference | Thiosphaera |
| First citation | Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1861 J.G. Kuenen and L. A. Robertson |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 438 |
| References |