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 |