Cross Index Caseobacter polymorphus
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
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Morphology Caseobacter polymorphus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram positive
Morphology Irregular rods become ovoid or coccoid in shape with the exhaustion of the medium. After transferring the cells to a fresh medium outgrowths from the coccoid and ovoid cells occur, which result in the formation of rods. The cells occur singly, in pairs with a typical V formation and in palisades
Motility non motile
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface On yeast extract, 0.7% (w/v) glucose 1%(w/v) agar colonies have a dry appearance, are small 2-3 mm circular convex and are grey-white, slightly pink or slightly red.
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Caseobacter polymorphus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen strict aerobes
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements Most strains require organic nitrogen compounds.
Products  
Enzymes produce catalase Oxidase negative
Unique features contain mycolic acids.. . Mesodiaminopimelic acid is the characteristic amino acid of the cell wall. Arabinose, mannose, galac tose are the characteritistic cell wall sugars.
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Isolated from cheese
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Caseobacter polymorphus
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Reference Caseobacter polymorphus
First citation Crombach, W.H.J. 1978 Caseobacter polymorphus gen. nov. sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium from cheese IJSB. 28: 354-366
The Prokaryotes P
Bergey's Systematatic p 1318 W.H.J. Crombach
Bergey's Determinative p 575
References