| Cross Index | Ancalomicrobium adetum |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Budding and/or Appendaged Bacteria |
| Compare | Prosthecate Bacteria: Ancalomicrobium
adetum Asticcacaulis
Caulobacter Dichotomicrobium thermohalophilum,
Filomicrobium fusiforme,
Hirschia baltica,
Hyphomicrobium Hyphomonas, Labrys monachus , Pedomicrobium, Prosthecobacter fusiformis,
Prosthecomicrobium,
Stella, Verrucomicrobium spinosum Non Prosthecate Bacteria Angulomicrobium tetraedrale Blastobacter Ensifer adherans,Gallionella ferrunginea Gemmiger formicilis, Nevskia ramosa, Seliberia stellata Planctomycetales Planctomyces, Gemmata obscuriglobus , Isosphaera pallida, Pirelulla |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Ancalomicrobium adetum |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Unicellular bacterium with conical cells, about 1.0 um in diameter Cells occur singly or in pairs prior to division; rarely form aggregates |
| Motility | nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | . Cells produce from two to eight or more prosthecae.Prosthecae are cylindrical without cross-bands and taper gradually from the cell to a distal diameter of about 0.2 um and a length of 2-4 um when fully differentiated. Prosthecae may be bifurcated. Budding bacterium. Buds are formed directly from mother cell, never from tips of prosthecae... holdfasts are not produced. Gas vacuoles are produced by type strain |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Ancalomicrobium adetum |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemo-organotrophic |
| Oxygen | Facultative anaerobic |
| pH | Optimum pH: 7.0; pH range from < 6.3 to > 7.5 |
| Temperature | Temperature range for type strain: 9-39`C. |
| Requirements | Ammonium can be used as sole source of nitrogen. Vitamins required for growth. |
| Products | Use sugars anaerobically and aerobically. Ferments sugars by mixed acid fermentation. Some organic acids are utilized aerobically but are not fermented |
| Enzymes | Oxidase- and catalase-positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Found in natural waters and pulp mill oxidation periods |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Ancalomicrobium adetum |
| G+C Mol % | type strain 70.4 (Bd). |
| Reference | Ancalomicrobium adetum |
| First citation | Staley, J.T. 1968. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new freshwater prosthecate bacteria. J. Bacteriol 95: 1921-1942 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1914 J. T. Staley |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 458 |
| References |