| Cross Index | Deinobacter grandis |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram Positive Cocci |
| Compare | aerobes:
Deinobacter
grandis Deinococcus, Marinococcus,
Micrococcus, Planococcus
, Salinicoccus
roseus facultative anaerobes: Aerococcus viridans, Enterococcus, Gemella haemolysans, Lactococcus Leuconostoc, Melissococcus pluton, Pediococcus, Saccharococcus thermophilus, Staphylococcus, Stomatococcus mucilaginsos, Streptococcus, Trichococcus flocculiformis, Vagococcus anaerobes Coprococcus, Peptococcus niger , Peptostreptococcus, Ruminococcus, Sarcina Catalase positive:Deinococcus, Micrococcus, Planococcus, Staphylococcus,, Stomatococcus mucilaginsosus |
| Contrast | Archaea
contrast with Rubrobacter radiotolerans and Deinococcus |
| Subset |
| Deinobacter grandis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | Rod shaped 0.6-1.2 x 1.5-4.0 um, The cell wall, very similar to that of Deinococcus, is a complex multilayered structure |
| Motility | nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | complex multilayered cell wall |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | colonies are pink to red |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Deinobacter grandis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | aerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 30-35 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | respiratory metabolism but inactive towards carbohydrates |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, oxidase negative |
| Unique features | highly resistant to gamma radiation |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | probably widely distributed |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Deinobacter grandis |
| G+C Mol % | 69 |
| Reference | Deinobacter grandis |
| First citation | Oyaizu et al 1987 IJSB 37: 62-67 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 527 |
| References |