| Cross Index | Blastobacter |
| 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 | Blastobacter |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram- negative |
| Morphology | Cells ovoid rods, wedge- or club-shaped, or pleomorphic, often slightly curved and occasionally branching. Cell poles rounded or slightly tapering on one pole. Cell size range: 0.5-1.0 x 1.0-4.5 (10) um |
| Motility | may be motile (three species). |
| Specialized structures | New cell formation and multiplication occur by a budding process on the free cell pole, subpolarly or even laterally. Young buds initially rod-shaped, ovoid, or spherical to oblong |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies raised, mostly colourless, pale pink or yellow |
| Liquid | Some strains produce large amounts of exopolymer. Grow in liquids as turbidity, pellicle or precipitate; three species form rosettes. |
| Growth Parameters | Blastobacter |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | heterotrophic |
| Oxygen | aerobic |
| pH | Optimum pH: between 6.8 and 7.8. |
| Temperature | mesophilic Temperature range for growth: 10-46`C |
| Requirements | Some strains may fix CO2 reductively when grown on methanol or methylated amines Carbon and energy sources may be alcohols, sugars, organic acids or some amino acids. NH4+, NO3-, urea, peptones, yeast extracts or casein hydrolysates may be utilized as nitrogen source |
| Products | Some strains reduce NO3- or NO2-. Nitrification activity has not been observed. |
| Enzymes | Oxidase-, catalase- and peroxidase-positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Blastobacter |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Blastobacter |
| First citation | Zavarzin,G.A. 1961. Symbiotic culture of the new manganese-Oxidizing microorganism. Mikrobiologiya 30:393-395 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1963 Y.A. Trotsenko, N.V. Doronina and P. Hirsch |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 466 |
| References |