| Cross Index | Stella |
| 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 | Stella |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Cells are flat, six-pronged stars, radially symmetrical, and 0.7-3.0 um. Occur singly or in pairs |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | Some strains possess gas vesicles. Spores are not formed |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Stella |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Stella |
| G+C Mol % | 69.3 59 73.5 (Tm) |
| Reference | Stella |
| First citation | Vasilyeva, L.V. 1985.Stella gen. nov., a new genus of soil prosthecobacteria with proposals for Stella humosa sp. nov. and Stella vacuolata sp.nov. IJSB 35:518-521 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1923 L.V. Vasilyeva |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 463 |
| References |