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

Chlamydia

Contrast Archaea
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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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Growth Parameters Grahamella
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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
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