Cross Index Nannocystis exedens
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Myxobacteria
Compare Angiococcus disciformis, Archangium gephyra, Chondromyces, "Corallococcus", Cystobacter, "Haploangium", Melittangium, Myxococcus, Nannocystis exedens, Polyangium "Sorangium cellulosum" Stigmatella 
Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Nannocystis exedens
CELLULAR  
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Morphology Vegetative cells are stout rods with blunt ends
Motility gliding motility
Specialized structures Myxospores are ovoid or nearly spherical. Fruiting bodies are solitary sporangia
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Solid surface Swarm colony deeply corrodes the agar surface.
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Growth Parameters Nannocystis exedens
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism .organotrophic
Oxygen Aerobic
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Genome Nannocystis exedens
G+C Mol % 70-72 (Bd, Tm)
   

 

Reference Nannocystis exedens
First citation Reichenbach, H. 1970. Nannocystis exedens gen. nov., spec. nov., a new myxobacterium of the family Sorangiaceae. Arch. Mikrobiol. 70: 119-138
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2162 H. Reichenbach.
Bergey's Determinative p 522
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