Cross Index | Thiospirillopsis floridana |
SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gliding Bacteria |
Compare | Cytophagales, Beggiatoales Single
Celled, rod shaped Capnocytophaga,
Chitinophaga
pinensis , Cytophaga, Flexibacter,
Flexithrix dorotheae,
Lysobacter,
Microscilla,
Sporocytophaga
myxococcoides, Thermomena, |
Contrast | Archaea Spirulina Beggiatoa alba |
Subset |
Morphology | Thiospirillopsis floridana |
CELLULAR |
Staining | |
Morphology | Colourless sulfur bacteria occurring in spirally wound filaments. Continuous cell envelope; cells may or may not be visible in filaments |
Motility | Exhibit a creeping motility combined with rotation, so that the trichomes move forward with a corkscrew motion. The tips may oscillate |
Specialized structures |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface | Not grown in pure culture. |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Thiospirillopsis floridana |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | |
Oxygen | |
pH | |
Temperature | |
Requirements | |
Products | |
Enzymes | |
Unique features |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
Habitat | sulfur springs, shallow frshwater lakes, marine aquaria |
Lifestyle | |
Pathogenicity |
Distribution | serveral reports suggest that this organism may be widespread |
Genome | Thiospirillopsis floridana |
G+C Mol % |
Reference | Thiospirillopsis floridana |
First citation | Uphof, J.C.T. 1927. Zur Oekologie der Schwefelbakterien in den Schwefelquellen Mittelfloridas. Arch Mikrobiol 18:71-84 |
The Prokaryotes | |
Bergey's Systematatic | p 2106 W. R. Strohl |
Bergey's Determinative | p 493 |
References |