| Cross Index | Amphibacillus xylans |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Endospore formers |
| Compare | Amphibacillus
xylans, Bacillus,
Clostridium,
Desulfotomaculum,
Oscillospira
guilliermondii, Sporohalobacter,
Sporolactobacillus
insulinus, Sporosarcina,
Sulfidobacillus
thermosulfooxidans, Syntrophospora bryantii Other Spore Formers: Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides |
| Contrast | Archaea, |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Amphibacillus xylans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction is positive in the early stages of growth, cell wall is Gram positive |
| Morphology | Straight rods 0.3-0.5 x 0.9-1.9 umThe endospore forming bacteria are a diverse group of microbes that are considered as a group for convenience. cells are rod shaped |
| Motility | motile by peritrichous flagella |
| Specialized structures | endospores are oval and central, somewhat swelling the cell but are soon liberated by cell lysis |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Amphibacillus xylans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | facultatively anaerobic, They groww well and sporulate under aerobic and anaerobic conditions oxygen comsumption does not occur through the cytochrome system but NADH oxidase plays a role |
| pH | |
| Temperature | growth from 25- 45 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | Glucose is metabolized anaerobicially to
ethanol, acetic acid and formic acid Glucose is metabolized aerobically to acetic acid |
| Enzymes | catalase negative, oxidase negative |
| Unique features | attacks xylan both aerobically and anaerobically |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | decaying plant material, compost of animal manure, grass, rice straw |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution | widely distributed |
| Genome | Amphibacillus xylans |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Amphibacillus xylans |
| First Citation | Niimura et al 1990 IJSB 40:297-301 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 559 |
| References |