Cross Index Spirochetes of the Insect Gut
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Spirochaetacae
Compare Borrelia, Brachyspia aalborgi, Cristispira pectinis, L eptonema illini, Leptospira, Serpulina
Spirochaeta, Treponema, Genera of Insect Gut Spirochetes
Contrast Archaea
Subset  

 

Morphology Spirochetes of the Insect Gut
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology Helical
Motility motile by periplasmic flagella
Specialized structures Periplasmic flagella
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Spirochetes of the Insect Gut
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Oxygen  
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Products  
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat  
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
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Genome Spirochetes of the Insect Gut
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Reference Spirochetes of the Insect Gut
The Prokaryotes P
Bergey's Systematatic p 67 J. A. Bresnak
Bergey's Determinative p 30
References