Cross Index Cellulomonas
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 Cellulomonas
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram positive but the cells are very easily decolorized
Morphology In young culutres slender irregular rods are found. Some of the rods are arranged at an angle to each other giving V formations
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Specialized structures Mycelia are not produced.
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Growth Parameters Cellulomonas
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen Aerobic but most strains are capable of anaerobic growth. Metabolism is primarily repiratory by also fermentative
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Requirements  
Products Most strains produce acid from glucose broth aerobically and anerobically
Enzymes ... Catalase positive, cellulolytic
Unique features The cell wall peptidoglycan contains ornithine but not glycine or homoserine. The cell wall polysaccharide does not contain galactose as a major sugar. The major isoprenoid quinones are tetrahydrogenated quinones with nine isoprene units MK- 9).
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Genome Cellulomonas
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Reference Cellulomonas
First citation Bergey, D.H., F.C. Harrison., R.S. Breed. , B.W. Hammer and F. M. Huntoon 1923 Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co. Baltimore
Emended Clark, F. E. 1953 Criteria suitable for species differentiation in Cellulomnas and a revision of the genus. Int. Bull Bacteriol Nomencl. Taxon. 3: 179-199
Note Bergeys systematic cites Clark 1952
The Prokaryotes P
Bergey's Systematatic p 1325 E. Stackebrandt and R. M. Keddie
Bergey's Determinative p 575
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