| Cross Index | Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria |
| Compare | |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset | Brochothrix, Carnobacterium, Caryophanon, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Kurthia, Lactobacillus, Listeria, Renibacterium salmoninarum |
| Morphology | Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | rods shaped cells |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | that do no form spores are not pigmented (Caryophanon has a slight yellow pigment) |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Kurthia forms a "medusa head: colony on yeast extract nutrient agar and "birdsfeather" growth on nutirent gelatin. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemorganotrophs |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | mesophilic, |
| Requirements | grow only in complex media. |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Most of the genera exhibit unique characteristcs that make their identification easy. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Caryophanon grows abundantly in its natu ral habitat, fresh cow dung. Kurthia, also found in farm animal feces |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | The monospecific genus ersipelothrix causes swine erysipelas and Renibacterium is an obigate pathogen of salmon in which is causes nephrotic diseases. |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| First citation | |
| Emended | |
| The Prokaryotes | P |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1208-1260 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 565- 570 |
| References |