Cross Index | Grahamella |
SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Rickettsias and Chlamdias |
Compare | Rickkettsiaceae: Cowdria, Coxiella,
Erhlichia, Neorickettsia,
Rickettsia, Rickettsiella,
Rochalimaea Wobachia Bartonellaceae: Bartonella, Grahamella Anaplasmatacae: Aegyptianella, Anaplasma, Eperythrozoan, Haemobartonella |
Contrast | Archaea |
Subset |
Morphology | Grahamella |
CELLULAR |
Staining | Long or short rod-shaped organisms, sometimes curved, lying within the red blood cells of various vertebrates. Not observed in man. May multiply in fixed tissue cells of arthropod vectors; not known to multiply in fixed tissue cells of vertebrates. Morphologically resemble members of the genus Bartonella but do not have flagella. Gram-negative. Not acid-fast. Aerobic. Can be cultivated on nonliving media; growth is favoured by addition of hemoglobin. Have a wide geographical distribution. |
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Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Grahamella |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Distribution |
Genome | Grahamella |
G+C Mol % | The mol% G + C of the DNA is unknown. |
Reference | Grahamella |
First citation | ex Brumpt, E. 1911 Note suz le parasite des hematies de la taupe: Grahamella talpae n.g. n. sp. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 4:514-517 |
The Prokaryotes | |
Bergey's Systematatic | p 718 M. Ristic and J. P. Kreier |
References |