| Cross Index | Vagococcus |
| 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 | Vagococcus fluvialis Vagococcus salmoninarum |
| Vagococcus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | cocci or short rods occuring singly, in pairs or in short chains |
| Motility | motile by peritrichous flagella |
| Specialized structures | non spore forming |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Vagococcus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | facultative anaerobes |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 25-35 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | fermentative metabolism, produce acid but no gas from carbohydrates, glucose fermentation yields lactate, nitrate not reduced |
| Enzymes | catalase negative, |
| Unique features | Lancefield Stretptococcal Serological Group N |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated from water or salmonid fish |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | uncertain |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Vagococcus |
| G+C Mol % | 33-37 |
| Reference | Vagococcus |
| First citation | Collins et al 1989J.
Appl. Bacteriol 67: 453-460 Collin et al 1990 IJSB 40:212 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 533 |
| References | Wallbanks et al 1990 IJSB 40:224-230 described Vagococcus salmoninarum from from |