PROTEOBACTERIA >> Delta >> Myxococcus >> Myxococcus virescens
MYXOCOCCUS VIRESCENS
| Class: | Delta Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Myxococcus |
| Species: | Myxococcus virescens |
| Description: | Vegetative cells are slender rods with short tapering ends, cigar-shaped, 0.7-0.8* 4- 8 µm. Fruiting bodies are globular or oval, and rarely even finger-like; on agar media plump ridges and, very often, a deliquescent mound are observed; typically greenish yellow in colour, but often yellow-orange, and even non-pigmented (grey). Fruiting bodies can be large, 150-500 µm. Myxospores are spherical, optically refractile and very large [1.9-2.4 µm in diameter (range 1.7-2.6 µm)], with a thick capsule. |
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| Source: | Common organisms in soil, in rotting plant material and in samples from the littoral region; easily obtained when rabbit or sheep dung is incubated in a moist chamber. |
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| Genbank: | DQ768119.1(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | LANG (E.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), STRÄUBLER (B.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Reclassification of Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990VP as a later synonym of Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892AL. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2607-2609 |
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