| 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 |