| Planobispora |
| Morphology | Planobispora |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | Substrate and aerial mycelia are developed on agar media. Substrate hyphae (0.5-1.0 um in diameter) are irregularly branched, occasionally septate, and nonfragmenting. Aerial hyphae (1.0 um in diameter) are sparsely branched and rarely septate. Gram-positive and not acid fast. Cylindrical to clavate sporangia (1.0-1.2 um wide x 6.0-8.0 um long), each containing a longitudinal pair of spores, are formed singly or in bundles on short ramifications of the aerial hyphae. The spores (zoospores) are straight or slightly curved with rounded ends |
| Motility | zoospores are motile by means of peritrichous flagella. |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies grown on agar media are flat or occasionally elevated. The substrate mycelium either is without distinctive colour or is rose coloured. The aerial mycelium, which is developed only on certain agar media, is white or with a light rose tinge. |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Planobispora |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Aerobic, |
| pH | pH 6.0 to 9.0. |
| Temperature | mesophilic grows well between 28` and 40`C |
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| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | The peptidoglycan of the cell wall contains meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) and madurose is the characteristic sugar of whole-cell hydrolysates. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Planobispora |
| G+C Mol % | 70-71 (Tm) |
| Reference | Planobispora |
| First citation | Thiemann, J. E.and G. Beretta. 1968. A new genus of Actinoplanaceae: Planobispora, gen. nov. Arch. Mikrobiol 62:157-166 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2536 Gernot Vobis |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 678 |
| References |