Pilimelia
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Actinomycetes, Actinoplanetes
Compare Actinoplanes Ampullariella, Catellatospora, Dactylosporangium, Micromonospora Pilimelia
Contrast Nocardioform Actinomycetes, Actinomycetes with Multilocular Sporangia , Actinoplanetes , Streptomycetes and Related Genera Maduromycetes, Thermomonospora & Friends , Thermoactinomycetes, Actinomycetes: Other Genera

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Morphology Pilimelia
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-positive.
Morphology Sporangia are produced on the surface of the substrate on sporangiophores. The shape of sporangia is spherical, ovoid, pyriform, campanulate, or cylindrical, approximately 10-15 um in size. Sporangia contain numerous spores in chains that are arranged in parallel or irregularly swirl- like rows. Spores (zoospores) are rod shaped (0.4 x 1.2 um) and motile by means of a laterally inserted tuft of flagella. Nonmotile spores are developed in free chains arranged similarly to the zoospores. The organisms are Hyphae of substrate mycelium are 0.2-0.8 um diameter, branched, and septate. True aerial mycelium is not developed.
Motility non motile
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COLONIAL  
Solid surface Colonies grow only on complex media. They are small, compact, soft pasty, or solid. Colour of substrate mycelia is pale lemon-yellow, golden yellow, orange, or pale, turning brown to dark with age.
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Growth Parameters Pilimelia
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotrophic,
Oxygen Aerobic
pH optimal growth at pH 6.5-7.5
Temperature at 20-30`C (minimum 10`C, maximum 38`C).
Requirements  
Products Strains decompose keratinic substances (hair of mammals
Enzymes  
Unique features The peptidoglycan of the cell walls contains mes-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) and glycine, with xylose and arabinose as characteristic sugars of whole-cell hydrolysates.,
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Genome Pilimelia
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Reference Pilimelia
First citation Kane, W.D. 1966 A new genus of Actinoplanaceae, Pilimelia, with a description of two species, Pilimelia terevasa and Pilimelia anulata. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc 82: 220-230
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2433 G. Vobis
Bergey's Determinative p 654
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