| Cross Index | Caryophanon |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Regular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| Compare | Brochothrix, Carnobacterium, Caryophanon, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Kurthia, Lactobacillus, Listeria, Renibacterium salmoninarum |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Caryophanon |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | multicellular rods 1.5-3 microns in diameter by 10-20 microns in length. |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Caryophanon |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | strict aerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | Acetate is the only major carbon source |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Found associated with cattle dung but is not believed to be a normal resi dent of the cow. It can be isoalted from fresh dung in barn gutters but field samples are best taken from dung 1-2 days old |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Caryophanon |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Caryophanon |
| First citation | Peshkoff,M.A.1939. Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes- Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. C.R. (Dokl.) Acad. Sci. URSS 25:244-247 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1259 Wm. C. Trentini |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 565 |
| References |