| Cross Index | Oscillospira guilliermondii |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Endospore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci |
| 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 | Oscillospira guilliermondii |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative The cells freqently contain much polysaccharide which gives a reddish to mauve colour with iodine |
| Morphology | extremely large filamentous rods (3-6 microns in diameter x 10-40 microns long) with rounded ends. Closely spaced cross walls divide the rod into disk shaped cells not more than 2 microns long. |
| Motility | motile by lateral flagella. Exposure to air abolishes the motility |
| Specialized structures | appear to have endospores. No one has observed germination of the endospores and it is not known whether the suspected endospores have the characteristics of spores from other genera. An endospore, about 2.5 x 4 microns in size, which lies longitudinally in the rod and occupies as much space as several disk shaped cells may be formed. The spore is refractile and resists cold stains. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Oscillospira guilliermondii |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
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| Unique features | These microbes have not been not been cultivated |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | They have been found in the alimentary tract of herbivores. . These microbes have been described in the cecal contents of guinea pigs and the rumen and caecum of several species of herbivores. |
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| Distribution |
| Genome | Oscillospira guilliermondii |
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| Reference | Oscillospira guilliermondii |
| First citation | Chatton,E. and C. Perard. 1913. Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. I. Oscillospira guilliermondii n. g., n. sp. C.R. Soc Biol Paris 74:1159-1162 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1207 T. Gibson |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 560 |
| References |