Micavibrio admirandus Lambina et al. 1989
General information
Name
Micavibrio admirandus
Valid publication
1989
Effective publication
1982
Nomenclature type
ARL-14;VKM B-1619
Etymology
L. masc. <i>admirandus</i>, admirable, wonderful.
Ecology
Source
isolated from wastewater in Pushchino, Russia.
Morphology
Cells are curved rods (0.25-0.4 × 0.5-1.0 µm). Motile by a single, sheathless, polar flagellum approximately 13-15 nm in diameter. Attach themselves to their bacterial prey by the end opposite the flagellum and position themselves parallel to the longitudinal axis of the prey cell. They remain along the outside of the prey cell (unlike the genus Bdellovibrio, which penetrates its prey). After attachment, the cells lose their motility, and eventually cause lysis of their prey cell.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 0.5-1.0 | 0.25-0.4 |
flagellum | arrangement |
---|---|
+ | polar |
Physiology
GC
GC_content |
---|
57.1 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
References
1
Lambina, V.A., Afinogenova, A.V., Romai Penabad, S., Konovalova, S.M., and Pushkareva, A.P. Micavibrio admirandus gen. nov., sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya (1982) 51:114-117.[PMID:7070304]
2
Validation List No. 28. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1989) 39:93-94.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-39-1-93]