| Microtetraspora |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Actinomycetes, Maduromycetes |
| Compare | Actinomadura Microbispora, Microtetraspora, Planobispora, Planomonospora Spirillospora, Streptosporangium |
| Contrast | Nocardioform Actinomycetes, Actinomycetes with Multilocular Sporangia , Actinoplanetes , Streptomycetes and Related Genera Maduromycetes, Thermomonospora & Friends, Thermoactinomycetes, Actinomycetes: Other Genera |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Microtetraspora |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | Form a stable, branched substrate and aerial mycelium. Spore chains, typically containing four spores, are borne on the short aerial mycelium only. Spores smooth, spherical (1.2-1.5 um in diameter) or oval to short cylindrical (1.0- 1.4 x 1.2-1.7 um),. |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Microtetraspora |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Aerobic, |
| pH | |
| Temperature | mesophilic |
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| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Cell wall peptidoglycan is the acetyl type containing meso- diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) with no characteristic sugars. Whole-cell hydrolysates contain madurose. Menaquinones partially saturated, with MK-9(H4) as major isoprenolog. Major phospholipids usually include phosphatidylcholine and unknown glucosamine-containing compounds, but no phosphatidylglycerol. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Microtetraspora |
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| Reference | Microtetraspora |
| First citation | Thiemann,J.E., H. Pagani and G. Beretta. 1968. A new genus of Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J. Gen Microbiol 50: 295-303 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2531 Hideo Nonomura |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 677 |
| References |