Cross Index Melissococcus pluton
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
Subset  

 

 

Melissococcus pluton
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram positive but easily destained
Morphology cells ovoid to lanceolate in chains
Motility non motile
Specialized structures no endospores
Division binary fission
COLONIAL  
Solid surface small colonies up to 1 mm id diameter
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Melissococcus pluton
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemorganotrophic
Oxygen facultatively anaerobic but requires added carbon dioxide
pH  
Temperature optimum 35 oC
Requirements requires added carbon dioxide, nutrionally rich media and added cysteine or cystine a sodium:potassium ration of 1 is required
Products ferements glucose or fructose but seldom other carbohydrates, produce a weak acidity with a pH of 5.3
Enzymes  
Unique features reacts with Lancefield group D antiserum
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat  
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity causative agents of European foulbrood in hony bees
Distribution  

 

Genome Melissococcus pluton
G+C Mol % 29-30
   

 

Reference Melissococcus pluton
First citation Bailey and Collins 1982 J. Appl Bacteriol 53: 215-217
Bailey and Collins 1983 IJSB 33: 672-674 NOTE name is mispelled as Melisococcus instead of Melissococcus due to a typographical error
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Determinative p 529
References