| Microbispora |
| Morphology | Microbispora |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | Stable branched mycelium producing spores in characteristics longitudinal pairs on aerial mycelium; spores not usually formed on the substrate mycelium. Spores sessile or on short sporophores, spherical to oval (usually 1.2-1.6 um in diameter),. |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Microbispora |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | Mesophilic and thermophilic |
| Requirements | Most species require B vitamins, particularly thiamin, for growth. |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Cell walls contain N-acetylated muramic acid and major amounts of meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) but no characteristics sugars. Whole-cell hydrolysates contain madurose. Menaquinones partially saturated, with MK-9(H4) as major isoprenolog. Major phospholipids include phosphatidylcholine and unknown glucosamine-containing compounds, but no phosphatidylglycerol. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | soil. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Microbispora |
| G+C Mol % | 71.3-73 |
| Reference | Microbispora |
| First citation | Nonomura,H. and Y. Ohara 1957. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil IV. The isolation and classification of the genus Microbispora. J. Ferment. Technol. 38: 401-405 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2526 Hideo Nonomura |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 677 |
| References |