Cross Index	Aeromicrobium erythreum
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Irregular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods
Compare	Acetobacterium Acetogenium kivui, Actinomyces Aeromicrobium erythreum Agromyces ramosus Arachnia propionica, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Arthrobacter, Aureobacterium, Bifidobacterium, Brachybacterium faecium, Brevibacterium, Butyrivibrio, Caseobacter polymorphus, Cellulomonas ,Clavibacter, Coriobacterium glomerans, Corynebacterium, Curtobacterium, Dermobacter hominus, Eubacterium, Exigouibacterium aurantiacum, Falcivibrio, Gardnerella, Jonsia denitrificans, Lachnospira multiparus, Microbacterium, Mobiluncus, Pimelobacter, Proprionibacterium, Rarobacter faecitabidus , Rothia dentocariosa, Rubrobacter radiotolerans, Sphaerobacter thermophilus , Terrabacter tumescens, Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus, Thermoanaerobium brockii
Contrast	Archaea very similar to Arthrobacter globiformis
Subset

 

Morphology

Aeromicrobium erythreum

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram positive
Morphology	Irregularly shaped short rods and occasional cocci, predominatly as single cells
Motility	non motile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

colonies on trypone yeast extract agar are smooth convex and beige

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Aeromicrobium erythreum

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotropic
Oxygen	aerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum 30 oC
Requirements	can grow on simple media if vitamins are added
Products	metobolism is respiratory produce weak acid from fructose and some other carbohydrates
Enzymes	catalase positive, nitrate not reduced
Unique features	produce the antibiotic erythromycin

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	tropical soil
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Aeromicrobium erythreum

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Aeromicrobium erythreum

First citation	Miller et al 1991 IJSB 41:363-368
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 572

References