Gliding, Nonphotosynthetic, Nonfruiting Bacteria
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria
Compare Herpetosiphon, Thioploca and Thiothrix nivea which also have sheaths are a lso included in the Sheathed heterotrophs . The genus Lyngbya which is one of the cyanobacteria also has a sheath.

Sheathed heterotrophs :Clonothrix fusca Crenothrix polyspora, Haliscomenobacter hydrossis, Leptothrix, Lieskeella bifida Phragmidiothrix multiseptata Sphaerotilus natans , Thioploca, Thiothrix nivea, Herpetosiphon

Contrast Archaea
Subset Cytophagales, Beggiatoales

Single Celled, rod shaped Capnocytophaga, Chitinophaga pinensis , Cytophaga, Flexibacter, Flexithrix dorotheae, Lysobacter, Microscilla, Sporocytophaga myxococcoides, Thermomena lapsum,
Flattened, filamentous Gliding: Alysiella filiformis, Simonsiella,
Sulfur oxidizing,Gliding: Achromatium, Beggiatoa alba, Thioploca, Thiospirillopsis floridana, Thiothrix nivea,
The Pelonemas: Achroanema spp, Desmanthos thiorenophilum, Pelenema, Peloploca,
Other Genera: Agitococcus lubricus , Desulfonema Herpetosiphon, Isosphaera pallida, Leucothrix mucor, Saprospira, Toxothrix trichogenes,Vitreoscilla

,,,Morphology Gliding, Nonphotosynthetic, Nonfruiting Bacteria
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Growth Parameters Gliding, Nonphotosynthetic, Nonfruiting Bacteria
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Genome Gliding, Nonphotosynthetic, Nonfruiting Bacteria
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Reference Gliding, Nonphotosynthetic, Nonfruiting Bacteria
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