Cross Index Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram negative Vibriods
Compare Alteromonas, Aquaspirillum, Azospirillum , Bdellovibrio, Campylobacter , Cellvibrio mixtus , Halovibrio variabilis , Helicobacter, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, Marinomonas, Micavibrio admirandus Oceanospirillum, Spirillum, "Sporospirillum", Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus ,Wolinella
Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative.
Morphology Comma-shaped rods, 0.3 um in diameter. Larger coccoid forms (0.6um) have also been described (Coder and Starr 1978).
Motility Motile by means of a single, polar, non-sheathed flagellum.
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Division binary fission The bacterium does not develop into a spirillar form as part of its life cycle
COLONIAL  
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Growth Parameters Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus
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Requirments Cells attach to strains of the alga Chlorella and require viable cells of the alga for development. Penetration of the host cells has not been reported.
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Genome Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus
G+C Mol % 50 (cited by Coder and Starr 1978).
   

 

Reference Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus
First citation Gromov,B.V. and K.A.Mamkaeva(1980) Proposal of a new genus Vampirovibrio for chorellavorus bacteria previously assigned to Bdellovibrio. Mikrobiologia 49:165-167
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Bergey's Systematatic p 124 J. C. Burnham and S. F. Conti
Bergey's Determinative p 45
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