Cross Index	Agromyces ramosus
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
Subset

 

Morphology

Agromyces ramosus

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram positive with segments of the mycelium becoming gram negative during fragmentation.
Morphology	Initial growth on agar as microcolonies composed of branched filamentous elements (1microns or less in diameter) which subsequently undergo septationand fragmentation to yield coccoid and irregular cells
Motility
Specialized structures

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Agromyces ramosus

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism
Oxygen	Microaerophilic to aerobic. Poor or no growth anaerobically
pH
Temperature
Requirements
Products
Enzymes	Catalase negative, benzidine negative, oxidase negative.
Unique features	Cell wall contains 2,4 diaminobutyric acid.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Agromyces ramosus

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Reference

Agromyces ramosus

First citation	Gledhill,W.E. and L.E.Casida (1969) Predominant catalase-negative soil bacteria. III, Agromcyes, gen. n. microorgansims intermediary to Actinomyces and Nocarida. Appl. Microbiol 18:340-349
The Prokaryotes	P
Bergey's Systematatic	p 1329 L. E. Casida
Bergey's Determinative	p 572

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