| Cross Index | Sphaerobacter thermophilus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria |
| 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 | Sphaerobacter thermophilus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | irregular, ovoid, swollen or club shaped rods that occur either as single cells or paris that sometimes show V configurations |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | no spores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | ciruclar opaque colonies on nutrient agar |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Sphaerobacter thermophilus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | aerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 55 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | respiratory metabolism, no acid from glucose, starch hydrolysed bu not casein, cellulose or gelatin |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, oxidase positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | heated sewage sludge |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Sphaerobacter thermophilus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Sphaerobacter thermophilus |
| First citation | Demharter et al 1989
Syst. Appl. Microbiol 11:261-266 Demharter et al 1989 IJSB 39: 495-497 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 581 |
| References |