Cross Index Porphyromonas
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
Subset Porphyromonas assacharolytica Porphyromonas gingivalis Porphyromonas endodontalis

 

Morphology Porphyromonas
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology short rods (0.5-0.8 x 1.0-3.0 um)
Motility nonmotile
Specialized structures no spores
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface form brown to vlack colonies on blood agar due to protohem production
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Porphyromonas
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotroph
Oxygen anaerobe
pH  
Temperature  
Requirements growth is not significantly affected by carbohydrates but is greatly enhanced by protein hydrolysates such as peptone or by yeast extract
Products major fermentation products are n-butric and acetic acids. Minor products are propionic, isobutyric, isovaleric and sometimes phenylacetic acids. Nonhydroxylated cellular fatty acids are predominantly isomethyl branched acids
Enzymes  
Unique features asaccharolytic
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from oral infections and root canal infections
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Porphyromonas
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Porphyromonas
First Citation Shah and Collins 1988 IJSB 38:128-131
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 299
References