| Cross Index | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram negative Facultatively Anaerobic rods Vibrionacae |
| 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 | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | very short rods 0.5-0.7 um by 1.0-5.0 um , approaching a spherical shape, single cells, pairs and short chains |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | contain gas vacuoles |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotroph with respiratory and fermentative metabolsim |
| Oxygen | facultative anaerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 37-39 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | methyl red negative, Voges Proskauer negative indole negative |
| Enzymes | oxidase positive, catalase positive, lysine decarboxylase positive, ornithine decarboxylase positive, arginine decarboxylase positive |
| Unique features | very slow growth biochemical tests read for up to 60 days. Resistant to vibriostatic agent 0/129 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated form the oxygen depleted zone of a eutrophic lake |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus |
| First citation | Staley et al 1987 IJSB 37:289-291 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 191-192 |
| References |