| Cross Index | Meniscus glaucopis |
| 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 | Meniscus glaucopis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Curved or straight rods, 0.7-1.0 um in diameter and 2.0-3.0 um in length. Cultures may show single cells, pairs, tightly coiled spirals, S shapes (two cells, one inverted), and doughnut-shaped cells, where the ends are overlapping before division by binary fission has occurred. "Rings" have outer diameters of about 3.0 um.. |
| Motility | Non-motile |
| Specialized structures | Resting stages not known .Encapsulated. Gas vacuoles arranged at random within cells. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | Colonies chalky white |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Meniscus glaucopis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic; strictly fermentative metabolism with no gas production |
| Oxygen | Aerotolerantly anaerobic; capable of growth under an air atmosphere provided at least 1% CO2 is present |
| pH | |
| Temperature | 30`C. No growth at 10 or 40`C |
| Requirements | Vitamin B12, thiamin and CO2 required for growth |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | Catalase- and oxidase-negative.. |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Isolated from anaerobic digester sludge. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Meniscus glaucopis |
| G+C Mol % | 44.9 |
| Reference | Meniscus glaucopis |
| First citation | Irgens,R.L. (1977) Meniscus, a new genus of aerotolerant, gas vacuolated bacteria. IJSB 27:38-43 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 135 R. L. Irgens |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 66 |
| References |