Cross Index Morganella morganii
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative 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 Morganella morganii
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Straight rods, 0.6-0.7 um in diameter and 1.0-1.7 um in length
Motility Motile by means of peritrichous flagella, but some strains do not form flagella above 30`C. After 48 h on 1% agar media at 22`C growth may spread to form a surface film. Swarming does not occur.
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Morganella morganii
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen Facultatively anaerobic
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements  
Products Indole-positive. Ornithine is decarboxylated. A few carbohydrates can be fermented. Produce acid from mannose. Utilize Jordan tartrate but not Simmons' citrate.
Enzymes Deaminate phenylalanine and tryptophan oxidatively. Urease-positive
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Occur in the feces of humans, dogs, other mammals and reptiles.
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity Opportunistic secondary invaders, isolated from bacteremias, respiratory tract, wound and urinary tract infections.
Distribution  

 

Genome Morganella morganii
G+C Mol % 50 (Tm)
   

 

Reference Morganella morganii
First citation Fulton, M. (1943) The identity of Bacterium columbensis Castellani. J. Bacteriol 46:79-82.
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Systematatic p 497 J.L. Penner
Bergey's Determinative p 183
References