| 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 |