Cross Index	Rugomonas rubra
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Gram-Negative Aerobic/ Microaerophilic Rods and Cocci
Compare	Acetobacter, Acidiphilium, Acidomonas methanolica, Acidothermus cellulolyticus, Acidovorax, Acinetobacter, Afipia, Agrobacterium, Agromonas oligotrophica, Alcaligenes, Alteromonas, Aminobacter, Aquaspirillum, Azomonas, Azorhizobium caulinodans, Azotobacter, Bacteroides, Beijerinckia, Bordetella, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Brucella, Chromohalobacter marismortui, Chryseomonas luteola, Comamonas, Cupriavidus necator, Deleya, Derxia gummosa, Ensifer adherans, Erythrobacter longus, Flavimonas oryzihabitans, Flavobacterium, Francisella, Frateuria aurantica, Gluconobacter, Halomonas, Hydrogenophaga, Janthinobacterium lividum, Kingella, Lampropedia hyalina, Legionella, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus, Marinomonas, Mesophilobacter marinus, Methylobacillus glycogenes, Methylobacterium, Methylococcus, Methylomonas, Methylophaga, Methylophilus, Methylovorus glucosotrophus, Moraxella, Morococcus cerebrosus, Neisseriaceae, Neisseria, Oceanospirillum, Ochrobactrum anthropi, Oligella, Paracoccus, Phenylobacterium immobile, Phyllobacterium, Pseudomonas, Psychrobacter immobilis, Rhizobacter daucus, Rhizobium, Rhizomonas suberifaciens, Rochalimaea, Roseobacter, Rugomonas rubra, Serpens, Sinorhizobium, Sphingobacterium, Taylorella equigenitalis, Thermoleophilum, Thermomicrobium, Thermus, Variovorax paradoxus, Volcaniella eurhalina, Weeksella, Wolinella, Xanthobacter, Xanthomonas, Xyella fastidiosa, Xylophilus ampelinus, Zoogloea ramigera
Contrast	Archaea

 

Morphology

Rugomonas rubra

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	Rods ( 0.8-0.9 x 2.4-4.0 um)with rounded ends cells are pleomorphic after a week
Motility	one or more polar or subspolar flagella
Specialized structures	intracellular granule of prodigiosin develop in about 7 days

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Colonies on Bennett's agar at 20 oC are white, shiny and ciruclar after 2-3 days, become pink after 4 days and deep red, wrinkled and rubbery in consistency after 5 days.

Liquid

Pink/red flocs are formed in liquid cultures of Bennett's broth after 7 days

 

Growth Parameters

Rugomonas rubra

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotroph
Oxygen	strict aerobe
pH	range pH 5-9
Temperature	optimum 25oC range 4-30oC
Requirements	grows in 0-0.5% NaCl.
Products	Grows on gluconate and Koser's citrate, Acetoin negative, methyl red negative Does not use malonate
Enzymes	catalase positive, oxidase positive beta galactosidiase positive phosphatase positive urease positive, gleatinase positive, lecithinase positive, esterase positive
Distinctive features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

Rugomonas rubra

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Rugomonas rubra

First Citation	Austin and Moss 1986 J. Gen Microbiol 132: 1899-1909 Austin and Moss 1987 IJSB 37: 179-180
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 96

References