Morphology | Arsenophonus nasoniae |
CELLULAR |
Staining | Gram negative |
Morphology | rods, occasionally filamentous especially in young culutres 0.4-0.6 um x 7-10 um |
Motility | non motile |
Specialized structures |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Arsenophonus nasoniae |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | chemoorganotroph |
Oxygen | facultative anaerobe |
pH | |
Temperature | optimum 30 oC |
Requirements | |
Products | respiratory and fermentative metabolism |
Enzymes | oxidase negative, catalase negetive, indole, methyl red and Voges-Proskauer negative lysine decaroxylase negative, orithine decaroxylase negative, arginine dihydrolase negatvie, nitrates not reduced, H2 S negative, no growth on MacConkey Agar |
Unique features |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
Habitat | |
Lifestyle | |
Pathogenicity | pathogenic for male egg lethality in wasps |
Distribution |
Genome | Arsenophonus nasoniae |
G+C Mol % |
Reference | Arsenophonus nasoniae |
First citation | Werren et al 1991 IJSB 41: 563-565 |
The Prokaryotes | p |
Bergey's Determinative | p 176 |
References |