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
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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
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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