| Cross Index | Trichococcus flocculiformis |
| 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 |
| Trichococcus flocculiformis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | cocci in long chains of 50- 200 cells |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | non sporeforming |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | forms sinuous chains |
| Liquid | long chains show knots in shaken liquid media, forms flocs on liquid media |
| Growth Parameters | Trichococcus flocculiformis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | facultatively anaerobic, fermentative metabolism |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 25-30 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | fermentative metabolism acid produced from carbohydrates, indole negative, nitrate not reduced, methyl red positive |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, oxidase negative, |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | sewage sludge |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Trichococcus flocculiformis |
| G+C Mol % | 47 |
| Reference | Trichococcus flocculiformis |
| First citation | Scheff et al 1984Appl.
Microbiol Biotechnol 19: 114-119 Scheff et al 1984 IJSB 34: 355-357 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 533 |
| References |