| Archaeoglobus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Archaea, Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria |
| Compare | Archaeoglobus |
| Contrast | Methanogens Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria Halophilic Archaeobacteria Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Subset | A. fulgidus , A. profundus |
| Morphology | Archaeoglobus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | gram negative |
| Morphology | cocci occurring singly and in pairs |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures | Cell envelope consisting of glycoprotein subunits |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Archaeoglobus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requires | Electron donors: hydrogen, formate, D(-) lactate, D(+) lactate, glucose and yeast extract electron acceptors:sulfate, sulfite and thiosulfate, but not elemental sulfur |
| Products | |
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| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Isolated from marine hydrothermal systems |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Archaeoglobus |
| G+C Mol % | 46 |
| Reference | Archaeoglobus |
| First citation | Stetter,K.O. 1988. Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen.nov., sp. nov.: a new taxon of extremely thermophilic archaeobacteria. Syst.Appli Mickrobiol 10:172-173. |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2216 K.O. Stetter |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 737 |
| References |