| Cross Index | Pediococcus |
| 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 | Micrococcaceae are not a coherent group. Micrococcus is closely related to Arthrobacter , Planococcus is related to Bacilluss, while the radioresistant cocci called Deinococcus have atypical Gram positive cell walls. |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Pediococcus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | Cells are spherical, never elongated, division occurs alternately in two planes at right angles. Single cells are rare and chains of cells are not formed |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division | They are the only lactic acid bacteria with division in two planes.. |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Pediococcus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | facultative anaerobes |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | require a rich medium having complex growth factors and amino acid requirements. |
| Products | Growth is dependent on the presence of a fermentable carbohydrate and glucose is fermented probably by the Embden Meyerhof pathway to lactate with no gas formed. |
| Enzymes | lack cytochromes and are catalase negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | fermenting vegetables and beers and wines |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Pediococcus |
| G+C Mol % | 50-51 |
| Reference | Pediococcus |
| First citation | Claussen, N.H. (1903) Etudes sur les bacteries dites sarcines et sur les maladies quelles provoquent dans la biere. C.R. Trav. Lab. Carlsberg 6:64-83 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1075 E. I. Garvie |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 530 |
| References |