| Cross Index | Ancylobacter aquaticus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Gram-Negative curved bacteria |
| Compare | Ancylobacter
aquaticus, "Brachyarcus
thiophilus", Cyclobacterium
marinum, Flectobacillus,
Meniscus glaucopis, "Pelosigma", Runella slithyformis, Spirosoma linguale |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Ancylobacter aquaticus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | curved rods 0.3- 1.0 microns x 1.0-3.0 microns |
| Motility | non motile, one strain is motile by a single polar flagellum. |
| Specialized structures | Gas vesicles, Rings (0.9-3.0) microns in diameter sometimes are formed just before devision |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies are translucent to opaque and white to cream coloured |
| Liquid | pellicles are produced in broth cultures |
| Growth Parameters | Ancylobacter aquaticus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic uses a variety of
sugars and salts of roganic acids as the sole carbon
source Chemolithotrophic, can grow on H2 Facultatively methylotrophic; can use methanol and formate as carbon sources |
| Oxygen | obligate aerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 22-37 C |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | soil and freshwater |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Ancylobacter aquaticus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Ancylobacter aquaticus |
| First Cited | Orskov, J. 1928. Beschreibung eines neuen Mikroben, Microcyclus aquaticus, mit eigentumlicher Morphologie. Zentralblatt. Bakteriol. Parasitenk. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt I Orig 107: 180-184 |
| Emended | Raj, H. D.1983. IJSB 33:397-398 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 133 J. T. Stanely and A. E. Kinopka |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 65 |
| References |