The filamentous type is found in municipal and industrial plants with high nitrogen loads (dairies and meat-processing plants).
Filament position: | projecting out of flake |
Branching: | none |
Movement: | none |
Growth habit: | straight and needle-like |
Aufwuchs: | absent |
Constrictions: | none |
Sheath: | present |
Transverse walls: | not visible |
Cell form: | rod-shaped |
Length of filaments: | < 200 µm |
Filament diameter: | 0.3 – 0.4 µm |
Gram staining: | negative |
Neisser staining: | negative |