| Streptosporangium |
| 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 | Streptosporangium |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | Stable branched mycelium, producing globose sporangia (usually 10 um in diameter) on aerial mycelium. Sporangiospores are formed by septation of a coiled, unbranched hypha within the sporangium; they are spherical, oval, or rod shaped, 0.2-1.3 x 0.2-3.5 um (usually 1.2 x 1.5 um), |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Streptosporangium |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | |
| Temperature | Mesophilic a few species thermotolerant |
| Requirements | Some species require B vitamins for growth |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Cell walls contain N-acetylated muramic acid, meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) abut no characteristic sugars. Whole-cell hydrolysates contain madurose. Major phospholipids include phosphatidylcyholine and unknown glucosamine-containing compounds, but no phosphatidylglycerol. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | soil. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Streptosporangium |
| G+C Mol % | 69.5-71 (Tm) |
| Reference | Streptosporangium |
| First citation | Couch,J.N. 1955 A new genus of the family Actinomycetales with a revision of the genus Actinoplanes J. Elisha Mitchell Sci.Soc. 71: 148-155 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2545 Hideo Nonomura |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 679 |
| References |