Cross Index	Aureobacterium
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

Aureobacterium

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram positive but older cultures may not retain the Gram stain. Not acid fast
Morphology	Irregular short slender rods are formed in young cultures but in older (3-7 days) cultures the rods become shorter.
Motility	non motile
Specialized structures	no endospores no marked rod- coccus growth cycle.

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Aureobacterium

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism
Oxygen	strict aerobe
pH
Temperature	Optimum 25-30 C
Requirements
Products
Enzymes	catalase positive Non cellulolytic, urease negative
Unique features	does not contain mycolic acids.. There is slow and weak oxidative acid production from some carbohydrates., Glycan moiety of those species sofar examined contains glycolyl and acetyl residues.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Aureobacterium

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Aureobacterium

First citation	Collins,M.D., D. Jones, R.M. Keddie, R.M. Kroppenstedt and K.H. Schleifer (1983) Classification of some coryneform bacteria in a new genus Aureobacterium Syst. Appl. Milcrobiol 4:236-252
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Systematatic	p 1323 K. Komagata and K-I Suzuki
Bergey's Determinative	p 573

References