| 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 |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | Mycelia are not produced. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| 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). |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Cellulomonas |
| G+C Mol % |
| 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 |
| References |