Cross Index	Clavibacter
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

Clavibacter

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram positive not acid fast
Morphology	irregular slender straight or slightly curved rods that are predominantly arranged singly but often are arranged in pairs in a V configuration ans sometimes in palisades old cultures are not predominantly coccoid
Motility	non motile
Specialized structures	no spores

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

some strains produce yellow or blue pigments

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Clavibacter

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	obligate aerobes
pH
Temperature	optimum 20-29 oC seldom grow above 35 oC
Requirements	require nutritionally rich media and they grow slowly
Products	respiratory metabolism produce weak acid from glucose and some other carbohydrates, indole negative
Enzymes	catalase positive, oxidase negative, nitrate not reduced
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle	obligate parasites
Pathogenicity	pathogenic for various flowering plants

Distribution

 

Genome

Clavibacter

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Clavibacter

First citation	Davis et al 1984 IJSB 34: 107-117
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 575

References