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
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Morphology Lieskeella bifida
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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
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Solid surface Have not been obtained in pure culture..
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Growth Parameters Lieskeella bifida
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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
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