Cross Index Thermosipho africanus
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram-Negative, Anaerobic, Straight, Curved, and Helical Bacteria and Sheathed 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

Sheathed Bacteria

Acetofilamentum rigidum, Clonothrix fusca Crenothrix polyspora, Haliscomenobacter hydrossis, Leptothrix, Lieskeella bifida Lyngbya Phragmidiothrix multiseptata Sphaerotilus natans , Thermosipho africanus Thioploca, Thiothrix nivea, Herpetosiphon

Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Thermosipho africanus
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology rods (0.5 x 3.0-4.0 um) surrounded by a sheath- like structures ballooning over the ends of the cell. Up to 12 cells are enclosed in the same sheath
Motility non motile
Specialized structures sheathed
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Thermosipho africanus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen anaerobe
pH  
Temperature thermophilic optimum 75 oC. can grow at temperatures as low as 35 oC
Requirements complex organic material such as yeast extract, peptone or tryptone is required for growth. Hydrogen is inhibitory and inhibition is overcome by the addition of sulfur with the formation of H2S
Products carbohydrates are not attacked
Enzymes  
Unique features will grow in 3.6% NaCl.
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from geothermally heated tidal springs in Djibouti, Africa
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Thermosipho africanus
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Thermosipho africanus
First Citation Huber et al 1989 Syst. Appl. Microbiol 12: 32-37
Huber et al 1989 IHSB 39: 496
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 304
References