| Cross Index | Peptostreptococcus |
| 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 | Peptostreptococcus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | cocci form pairs, chains or tetrads. |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Peptostreptococcus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | strictly anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | peptone and amino acids to acetic acid, often with isobutyric, butyric, isovaleric and isocaproic acids |
| Enzymes | catalase negative or have a pseudocatalase rection |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Most described species are part of the normal flora of humans and some have been detected in other animals |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Peptostreptococcus |
| G+C Mol % | 27-35 |
| P.productus with 44-45 %. |
| Reference | Peptostreptococcus |
| First citation | Kluyver A.J. and C.B. van Niel (1936)Prospects for a natural classification of bacteria Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. II 123:683- |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1083 L.V. Holdeman Moore, J.L. Johnson and W.E. C. Moore |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 530 |
| References |