Cross Index Centipeda periodontii
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram-Negative, Anaerobic, Straight, Curved, and Helical Bacteria
Compare Acetivibrio Acetoanaerobium noterate , Acetofilamentum rigidum, Acetogenium kivui, Acetomicrobium, Acetothermus paucivorans,, Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans, Anaerbioospirillum succiniciproducens, , Anaerorhabdus furcosus ,Anaerovibrio, Bacteroides, Butyrivibrio, Centipeda periodontii, Fervidobacterium, Fibrobacter, Fusobacterium Haloanaerobium praevalens, Halobacteroides halobius, Ilyobacter, Lachnospira multparus Leptotrichia buccalis, Malaonomonas rubra, Megamonas hypermega, Mitsuokella, Oxalobacter formigenes, Pectinatus, Pelobacter Porphyromonas, Provotella, Propionigenium modestum, Propionispira arboria, Rikenella microfusus, Roseburia ceciola, Ruminobacter amylophilus, Sebaldella termitidis, Selenomonas, Sporomusa, Succinimonas amylolytica, Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens, Syntrophobacter wolinii, Syntrophomonas, Thermobacteroides, Thermosipho africanus, Thermotoga, Tissierella praeacuta, Wolinella, Zymophilus
Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Centipeda periodontii
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology Serpentine rods 0.65-4-17 u,
Motility Motility is b means of flagella inserted ina spiral line along the cell body. Movement occurs by flexion of the entire cells and rotation around the long axis
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Centipeda periodontii
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotrophic
Oxygen  
pH  
Temperature range 32-37 oC
Requirements  
Products saccharolytic and may ferment a wide range of sugars giving acid but no gas. Propionic acid is the major product of sugar breakdown with variable smaller amounts of aceti, lactic or succinic acids
Enzymes  
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from subgingival lesions in patients with periodontitis
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity periodontitis
Distribution  

 

Genome Centipeda periodontii
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Reference Centipeda periodontii
First Citation Lai et al 1983 ISSB 33:628-635
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 295
References Males et al 1984 J. Gen Microbiol 130: 185-191