| Cross Index | Clonothrix fusca |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Sheathed heterotrophs |
| Compare | Herpetosiphon, Thioploca and Thiothrix
nivea which also
have sheaths are a lso included in Nonphotosynthetic,
Nonfruiting Gliding Bacteria in
the non fruiting section. The genus Lyngbya which is one of the cyanobacteria also has
a sheath. Clonothrix fusca Crenothrix polyspora, Haliscomenobacter hydrossis, Leptothrix, Lieskeella bifida Phragmidiothrix multiseptata Sphaerotilus natans , Thioploca, Thiothrix nivea, Herpetosiphon |
| Contrast | Archaea Desmanthos thiorenophium |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Clonothrix fusca |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Filaments 3-7 um wide and up to 1.5 cm long, attached or free, surrounded by a more or less distinct sheath which may be encrusted with iron or manganese oxides giving a yellowish-brown colour. Filaments tapering; they may be single or with false branches. Cells cylindrical, colourless or bluish, 2-2.5 x 12-18 um, being larger at the base and smaller at the tip of the filament |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | . Reproduction is by separation of individual cells, followed by breakage of the sheath and release to the outside; such cells frequently attach themselves parallel to older cells and produce new filaments, giving rise to "pseudobranching". Most of these morphological features were noted in Roze's original drawings |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | These organisms have not been grown in pure culture on artificial media. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Clonothrix fusca |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
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| Genome | Clonothrix fusca |
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| Reference | Clonothrix fusca |
| First citation | Roze,E. 1896. Le Clonothrix, un nouveau type generique de Cyanophycees. J. Bot. (Paris) 10:325-330 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2008 P. Hirsch |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 477 |
| References |