| Thermomonospora |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Actinomycetes, Thermomonospora & Friends, |
| Compare | Actinosynnema Nocardiopsis, Streptoalloteichus, Thermomonospora |
| Contrast | Nocardioform Actinomycetes, Actinomycetes with Multilocular Sporangia , Actinoplanetes , Streptomycetes and Related Genera Maduromycetes, Thermomonospora & Friends, Thermoactinomycetes, Actinomycetes: Other Genera |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Thermomonospora |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | Produce single, heat sensitive, nonmotile aleurisopores on aerial hyphae. On agar media, a branched, nonfragmenting vegetative mycelium forms leathery colonies usually covered with aerial mycelium. Spores may be sessile but are more often formed at the tips of simple unbranched or branched sporophores; in many strains repeated sporophore branching leads to the formation of spore clusters. Spores may also be produced on the substrate hyphae.. |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | Spores are killed by treatment at 90`C for 30 min in aqueous suspension |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thermomonospora |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic |
| Oxygen | Aerobic. |
| pH | pH 7.0-9.0. Aerial mycelium production and sporulation often optimal at pH >8.0 |
| Temperature | 40-48`C |
| Requirements | Amino acid and vitamin supplements, eg. yeast extract, required for good growth |
| Products | Esculin, xylan, casein, gelatin, and carboxymethylcellulose are degraded |
| Enzymes | Catalase, deaminase, B-glucosidase, and B- galactosidase are produced |
| Unique features | The cell wall contains meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP) but no other diagnostic amino acids or sugars... and all strains are sensitive to novobiocin (50 ug/ml). |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Can be isolated from soil but are more common in manures, composts, and overheated fodders. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thermomonospora |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Thermomonospora |
| First citation | Henssen,A.1957. Beitrage zur Morphologie und Systematik der thermophilien Actinomyceten. Arch Mikrobiol 26: 373-414 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2553 Alan J. McCarthy |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 694 |
| References |