| 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 |