| Cross Index | Rubrobacter radiotolerans |
| 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 contrast with Deinobacter and Deinococcus |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Rubrobacter radiotolerans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive, non acid fast |
| Morphology | irrgeular rods 9.08-1.0 x 1.0-4.0 um) no rod-coccus cycle |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | no spores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | smooth, opaque, reddish pink colonies that develop slowly ( 1mm diameter after 2 weeks) on nutirent agar |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Rubrobacter radiotolerans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | aerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 46-48 oC |
| Requirements | simple nutritional requirements |
| Products | respiratory metabolism use glucose and other carbohydrates but do not produce acid, indole negative, nitrate reduced |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, gelatin is not liquefied |
| Unique features | ammonium sulfate is used as the sole nitrogen source Highly radiotolerant |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated from a radioactive hot spring in Japan |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Rubrobacter radiotolerans |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Rubrobacter radiotolerans |
| First citation | Suzuki et al
1988 FEMS Microbiol Lett 52: 33-40 Suzki et al 1988 IJSB 39: 93-94 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 581 |
| References |