Cross Index Gemmata obscuriglobus
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 Gemmata obscuriglobus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram Negative
Morphology unicellular coccoid to ovoid bacteria (1.4-3.0 x 1.4- 3.0 um) with a cell indentation
Motility polar tuft of flagella
Specialized structures do not produce stalks, crateriform structures are uniformely distributes on the cell surface, LACK PEPTIDOGLYCAN, do not produce rosettes, fimbriae
Division budding
COLONIAL  
Solid surface rose coloured colonies
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Gemmata obscuriglobus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen aerobe ( Bergey's Determinative page 464) facultatively anearobic (Bergey's Determinative page 471)
pH  
Temperature 16-35 C
Requirements use glucose but not fructose or pyruvate as carbon source
Products  
Enzymes catalase positive, oxidase negative
Unique features resitant to penicillin
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat The single strain of the one species was isolate from a single source, the littoral zoneof the Maroon Dam in Soth West Queensland Australia
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Gemmata obscuriglobus
G+C Mol % 64.4 +/- 1.0 Franzman and Skerman 1984
   

 

Reference Gemmata obscuriglobus
First citation Franzmann, P. D. and V.B. D. Skerman. 1984. Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. J. Microbiol. Serol. 50: 261-268
The Prokaryotes p 3720-3724
Bergey's Systematatic p 1950 not recognized as a separate genus in Bergey's Systematic
Bergey's Determinative p 464
References