| Cross Index | Lieskeella bifida |
| 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 |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Lieskeella bifida |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction unknown. Cells show bipolar staining when treated with methylene blue |
| Morphology | Cells rod-shaped with rounded ends, 0.6 x 2.3 um, in chains. Usually two chains (filaments) are wound around one another to give a double spiral which is surrounded by a yellowish, slimy capsule, often with heavy deposits of small ferric hydroxide granules |
| Motility | There is a slow but incessant motion similar to that of the cyanophytes |
| Specialized structures | . When the deposits are dissolved with dilute HCl, the cell chains fragment and the individual rods appear as a double zigzag band.. Cells chains may aggregate in distinct layers or even in more or less solid skeins. The filaments separate rapidly upon removal from the normal environment |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Have not been obtained in pure culture.. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Lieskeella bifida |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Presumably, these organisms are chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Presumably, these organisms are aerobic |
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| Genome | Lieskeella bifida |
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| Reference | Lieskeella bifida |
| First citation | Perfil'ev, B.V.1927. Die Rolle der Mikroben in der Erzbildung. Verhandl. Int. Ver. Limnol. 3:330-359 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2005 P. Hirsch |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 479 |
| References |