Cross Index Gemmiger formicilis
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
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Morphology Gemmiger formicilis
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-variable to Gram-negative
Morphology Ovoid to hourglass-shaped bacteria, 0.9-2.5 um long and up to 1.0 um wide, that apparently divide at a constriction, giving the appearance of budding. Rapidly growing organisms may formchains..
Motility nonmotile
Specialized structures Non-sporeforming, and with no external structures
   
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Gemmiger formicilis
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotrophs using carbohydrate as the only or major energy source
Oxygen Obligately anaerobic
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Products Growth on glucose or other sugars produces butyrate, usually lactate and formate, and sometimes small amounts of other compounds
Enzymes Catalase-negative
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Genome Gemmiger formicilis
G+C Mol % 59 (Tm) as determined for one strain.
   

 

Reference Gemmiger formicilis
First citation Gossling,J and W.E.C. Moore. 1975. Gemmiger formicilis, n. gen., s. sp., an anaerobic budding bacterium from intestines IJSB 25:202-207
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 1971 J. Gossling
Bergey's Determinative p 467
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