| Cross Index | Moellerella wisconsensis |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram negative Facultatively Anaerobic rods Enterobacteriaceae, |
| Compare | Enterobacteriaceae,
Arsenophonus nasoniae,
Buttiauxella agrestis,
Cedecea, Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Escherichia, Ewingella americana, Hafnia alvei, Klebsiella, Kluyvera, Leclercia adecarboxylata,
Leminorella, Moellerella wisconsensis,
Morganella morganii,
Obesumbacterium proteus,
Pantoea, Pragia fontium Proteus, Providencia, Rahnella aquatilis, Salmonella,
Serratia, Shigella, Tatumella plyseos, Xenorhabdus, Yersina, Yohenella regensburgei Vibrionacae, Aeromonas, Enhydrobacter aerosaccus, Photobacterium, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Vibrio Pasteurellaceae, Actinobacillus, Hemophilus, Pasteurella Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, Cardiobacterium hominis, Chromobacterium, Eikenella corrodens, Gardnerella vaginalis, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Zymomonas |
| Contrast | Archaea, |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Moellerella wisconsensis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | Straight Rods |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Moellerella wisconsensis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic with both a respiratory and a fermentative metabolism |
| Oxygen | facultative anaerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 37 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | H2S not produced, malonate not used. most strains grow on KCN nitrates reduced adonital, arabitol, glaactose, lactose, mannose, meilbiose, raffinose and sucrose are feremented. Gylcerol and mannitol are fermented within seven days |
| Enzymes | oxidase negative, catalase positive, indole negative, Voges-Proskauer negative, methyl red positive, Simmons citrate positive. lysine decarboxylase negative, orithine decarboxyalase negative, arginine dihydrolase negative urease negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | occur in human stool and water |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | associated with human diarrhea |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Moellerella wisconsensis |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Moellerella wisconsensis |
| First citation | Hickman-Brenner et al
1984: J. Clin Microbiol 19: 460-463 Hickman-Brenner et al 1984 IJSB 34:355-357 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 183 |
| References |