| Cross Index | Filomicrobium fusiforme |
| 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 | Filomicrobium fusiforme |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Fusiform cells (0.5-0.7 x 1.5- 4.0 um) with two or three polar prothecae |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | Buds are formed at the tips of the prosthecae, which are about 0.2 um is diameter and up to 40 um in length |
| Division | Budding |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Filomicrobium fusiforme |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | aerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | requires eigth to full strength sea water for growth. |
| Products | glucose used as the carbon source with ammonia, nitrate, or ureas as the nitrogen source.Does not denitrify |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | red pigment in type strain |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | brackish water |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Filomicrobium fusiforme |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Filomicrobium fusiforme |
| First citation | Schlesner 1988 Syst.
Appl. Microbiol 10: 63-67 Schlesner 1988 IJSB 38: 220 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 461 |
| References |