Cross Index Curtobacterium
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 Curtobacterium
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram positive but old cells frequently stain Gram negative Not acid fast
Morphology Irregular rods Cells multiply by bending type of cell division.
Motility either motile or non-motile
Specialized structures  
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COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
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Growth Parameters Curtobacterium
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen obligate aerobe
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Products ... This produces acid slowly and weakly from glucose, fructose and some other carbohydrates
Enzymes catalase positive Urease is not produced, Generally gelatin is hydrolysed, and DNase is produced
Unique features does not contain mycolic acids.. The cell wal l peptidoglycan contains D-ornithine. Mycolic acids not present.
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Genome Curtobacterium
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Reference Curtobacterium
First citation Yamada,K. and K.Komagata. 1972a. Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria IV. Morphological, cultural, biochemical and physioligical characteristics. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 18: 399-416

Yamada,K. and K.Komagata. 1972b. Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria V.Classification of coryneform bacteria. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 18: 417-431
The Prokaryotes P
Bergey's Systematatic p 1313 K. Komagata and K-I. Suzuki
Bergey's Determinative p 576
References