Cross Index Flexithrix dorotheae
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gliding Bacteria
Compare Cytophagales, Beggiatoales

Single Celled, rod shaped Capnocytophaga, Chitinophaga pinensis , Cytophaga, Flexibacter, Flexithrix dorotheae, Lysobacter, Microscilla, Sporocytophaga myxococcoides, Thermomena,
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
Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Flexithrix dorotheae
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Very long nonmotile filaments, multicellular, uniseriate and sheathed; may release as a second form, flexible gliding cells
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Specialized structures Depending on the culture conditions, the organism may grow alternatively in the one or the other form. For example, liquid cultures in relatively rich media contain exclusively flexible rods which give the suspension a silky appearance when shaken. In such cultures, the organism may be mistaken for a Microscilla or a Flexibacter.
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Growth Parameters Flexithrix dorotheae
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Tropism Chemoorganotroph with respiratory metabolism
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Genome Flexithrix dorotheae
G+C Mol % 37
   

 

Reference Flexithrix dorotheae
First citation Lewin,R.A.1970. Flexothirix dorotheae gen. et sp. nov. (Flexibacterales) and suggestions for reclassifying sheathed bacteria. Can. J. Microbiol 16:511-515
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2058 H. Reichenbach
Bergey's Determinative p 487
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