Title

Family I. Verrucomicrobiaceae

Editors

N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Volume

4

Issue

2

First page number:

803

Abstract

Prosthecate cells with fimbriae. Rod- or vibrioid-shaped; cells may be fusiform. Nonsporeforming. Nonmotile. Cells stain Gram-negative and have a Gram-negative cell structure. Aerobic or facultatively anaerobic via fermentation. Mesophilic. Chemoorganotrophic. Saccharolytic. Use predominantly mono- and disaccharides and their derivatives. Menaquinones are the only respiratory quinones that have been detected.

Keywords

Bacteria – Physiology, Verrucomicrobia

Disciplines

Bacteriology | Life Sciences | Microbial Physiology | Microbiology

Language

English

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