| Cross Index | Saccharococcus thermophilus |
| 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 |
| Saccharococcus thermophilus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | cocci, arranged in clusters |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | no endospores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Saccharococcus thermophilus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | probably facultatively anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | thermophile optimum temperature 68 oC, maximum 78 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | prodcues acid,mainly lactate fron glucose, no gas |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, oxidase positive, methyl red positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | found in a sugar efinery |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Saccharococcus thermophilus |
| G+C Mol % | 48 |
| Reference | Saccharococcus thermophilus |
| First citation | Nystrand 1984 Syst.
Appl. Microbiol 5:204-219 Nystrand 1984 IJSB 34:503-505 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 531 |
| References |