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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
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
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