Cross Index Agitococcus lubricus
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gliding Bacteria
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

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 Agitococcus lubricus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Cocci, 1-2 um in diameter, which distend with sudanophilic granules in old cultures.
Motility Twitching, gliding motility. No flagella
Specialized structures Capsules are produced no fimbriae
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Agitococcus lubricus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism Chemoorganotrophic
Oxygen Aerobic
pH between pH 6 and 10. No growth occurs at 4 or 41`C or at pH 5..
Temperature Growth occurs between 15 and 37`C
Requirements  
Products Do not oxidize or ferment glucose. Tween compounds are actively metabolized.
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Distribution  
Genome Agitococcus lubricus
G+C Mol % 40-43
   

 

Reference Agitococcus lubricus
First citation Fransmann, P.D. and V.B. D. Skerman. 1981. Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov. sp. nov., a lipolytic twitching coccus from freshwater. IJSB 31:177-183
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2133 P. D. Franzmann and V.B.D. Skerman
Bergey's Determinative p 495
References