| Cross Index | Herbaspirillum seropedicae |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria ,Gram negative Vibriods |
| Compare | Alteromonas, Aquaspirillum, Azospirillum , Bdellovibrio, Campylobacter Cellvibrio mixtus , Halovibrio variabilis , Helicobacter, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, Marinomonas, Micavibrio admirandus Oceanospirillum, Spirillum, "Sporospirillum", Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus ,Wolinella |
| Contrast | Archaea, |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Herbaspirillum seropedicae |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | vibroid or helical cells 0.6-0.7 microns wide |
| Motility | Motile in broth cultures by p means of 1-3 polar flagella found at one or both poles. Swarming occurs in soft agar at 35 C |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | On potato agar, colonies are raised and smooth with a brownish center |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Herbaspirillum seropedicae |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic. Grow well on salts of organic acids such as citrate, fumarate, malate, pyruvate and succinate uses glucose and alpha keto glutarate as carbon source but not sucrose |
| Oxygen | microaerophilic. respiratory type of metabolsim NITROGEN FIXERS Will grow in air if a source of fixed nitrogen such as ammmonium salts is available |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum growth 34 C. No growth at 22 C or 38 C |
| Requires | |
| Produces | |
| Enzymes | Oxidase positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | free living in soil and in assoication with roots of members of the Gramineae |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Herbaspirillum seropedicae |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Herbaspirillum seropedicae |
| First Cited | Baldin et al. 1986. IJSB 36:86-93 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 43 |
| References |