Cross Index

Micavibrio admirandus
SuperSet

Prokaryote, Eubacteria ,Gram negative Vibriods

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Alteromonas, Aquaspirillum, Azospirillum , Bdellovibrio, Campylobacter
Cellvibrio mixtus , Halovibrio variabilis , Helicobacter, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, Marinomonas, Micavibrio admirandus
Oceanospirillum, Spirillum, "Sporospirillum", Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus ,Wolinella

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Archaea,
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Morphology Micavibrio admirandus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology comma shaped rods 0.2-03 microns
Motility Motile by means of a single, unsheathed flagellum. (Bdellovibrio, has a sheathed falgellum)
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Micavibrio admirandus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen  
pH  
Temperature  
Requires  
Produces  
Enzymes  
Unique features Predatory ectoparsaties that attach to the outside of Xanthomonas maltophilia and lose their motilitiy. Cause eventual lysis of the prey.
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat  
Lifestyle Predatory on Xanthomonas maltophilia cannot grow in absence of prey bacteria
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  
Genome Micavibrio admirandus
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Micavibrio admirandus
First Cited Lambina et al 1982 Mikrobiologiya 51: 114-117
Lambina et al 1989 IJSB 39: 93-94
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 44
References