| Cross Index | Sporohalobacter |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria |
| Compare | Amphibacillus
xylans, Bacillus,
Clostridium,
Desulfotomaculum,
Oscillospira
guilliermondii, Sporohalobacter,
Sporolactobacillus
insulinus, Sporosarcina,
Sulfidobacillus
thermosulfooxidans, Syntrophospora bryantii compare with Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides |
| Contrast | Archaea, |
| Subset | Sporohalobacter lortetti and Sporohalobacter morismortui |
| Morphology | Sporohalobacter |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction is negative , cell wall is Gram negative. The organism was orignally called Clostridium lortetti but the name was changed because of the Gram negative ultrastructure |
| Morphology | Rods 0.6-0.8 x 2.5-13 um The endospore forming bacteria are a diverse group of microbes that are considered as a group for convenience. cells are rod shaped |
| Motility | peritrichous flagella |
| Specialized structures | endospores are round and terminal, swelling the cell to give a drumstick appearance |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Sporohalobacter |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotroph |
| Oxygen | oblogate anaerobe fermetative metabolism |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 35-45 oC |
| Requirements | obligate halophile requires 0.5- 2.0 M NaCl for growth |
| Products | prodcues acetate, ethanol, carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas from carbohydrate |
| Enzymes | catalase negative, oxidase negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | saline environments |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Sporohalobacter |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Sporohalobacter |
| First Citation | Oren et
al 1987. Syst Appl. Microbiol. 9:239-246 Oren et al 1988 IJSB 38: 136-137 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 560 |
| References |