Cross Index Prosthecomicrobium
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Budding and/or Appendaged Bacteria
Compare Prosthecate Bacteria: Ancalomicrobium adetum Asticcacaulis Caulobacter Dichotomicrobium, Filomicrobium, Hirschia, Hyphomicrobium Hyphomonas, Labrys monachus , Pedomicrobium, Prosthecobacter fusiformis, Prosthecomicrobium, Stella, Verrucomicrobium

Non Prosthecate Bacteria Angulomicrobium tetraedrale Blastobacter Ensifer adherans,Gallionella ferrunginea Gemmiger formicilis, Nevskia ramosa, Seliberia stellata

Planctomycetales Planctomyces, Gemmata, Isosphaera Pirelulla

Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Prosthecomicrobium
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Unicellular bacterium with coccobacillary to rod-shaped cells ranging in diameter from 0.8 to 1.2 um and containing numerous prosthecae extending from all locations on the cell surface
Motility Motile and nonmotile species exist. Motile organisms produce a single polar to subpolar flagellum
Specialized structures Prosthecae which may number from 10 to more than 30/cell are typically short (i.e. < 1.0 um in length); some species, however, also produce longer prosthecae (> 2.0 um). Cells divide by budding. Buds are produced directly from the mother cell, never from tips of prosthecae.. one species forms gas vacuoles but not flagella
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Prosthecomicrobium
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism heterotrophic
Oxygen Obligately aerobic, nonfermentative
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements A variety of sugars and organic acids are used as energy sources for growth. All strains tested require one or more B vitamins for growth.
Products  
Enzymes Oxidase- and catalase-positive
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Found in soils and fresh and marine waters
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Prosthecomicrobium
G+C Mol % 64 -70 (Bd)
   

 

Reference Prosthecomicrobium
First citation Staley, J.T. 1968. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new freshwater prosthecate bacteria. J. Bacteriol 95: 1921-1942
Emended Staley 1984
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 1916 J. T. Staley
Bergey's Determinative p 462
References