| Cross Index | Stomatococcus mucilaginosus |
| 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 | Stomatococcus mucilaginosus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | cocci in irregular clusters |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | strongly encapsulated |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | As the name S. mucilaginosus suggests it produces copious amounts of capsule Colonies are usually, mucoid, white or transparent and adhere strongly to an agar surface. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Stomatococcus mucilaginosus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | faculative anaerobes |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | They ferment glucose, glycerol and trehalose to acid without gas and hydrolyse esculin. They do not grow in the presence of 5% NaCl |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | catalase reaction that is either weakly positive or negative. |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Stomatococcus mucilaginosus |
| G+C Mol % | 56-61 |
| Reference | Stomatococcus mucilaginosus |
| First citation | Bergan,T. and M. Kocur (1982) Stomatococcus Mucilanginosus gen nov. sp. Nov. ep. Rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. IJSB 32:374-377 |
| The Prokaryotes | P |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1008 T. Bergan and M. Kocur |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 532 |
| References |