| Cross Index | Calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods Pasteurellaceae |
| 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 | Calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative. The cells exhibit single or bipolar condensation of chromatin.. |
| Morphology | Pleomorphic rods, 0.5-1.5 um wide by 1.0-2.0 um in length, with rounded ends. Occur singly or in clusters |
| Motility | Nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | The exudate from infected tissues, when stained by Wright's stain or by Giemsa stain demonstrates characteristic intracellular organisms in the cytoplasm of large mononuclear phagocytes Capsules are present.. |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
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| pH | |
| Temperature | Optimum temperature, 37`C. |
| Requirements | Can be cultivated in vivo in the yolk sac of emryonated chicken eggs or in vitro on special egg yolk-containing media |
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| Unique features | . |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | Pathogenic for humans, causing Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
| First citation | Aragao,H. and G. Vianna (1913) Pesquizas sobre o Granluloma venereo. (Untersuchungen ueber das Granuloma venerum). Mem Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 5:211-238 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 585 R. B. Dienst and G. H. Brownell |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 196 |
| References |