Rarely dominant – can cause bulking sludge and scum.
Filament position: | within flake or free in aqueous phase |
Branching: | none |
Movement: | none |
Growth habit: | curved / severely bent |
Aufwuchs: | absent |
Constrictions: | visible |
Sheath: | none |
Transverse walls: | clearly identifiable |
Cell form: | disc-shaped to spherical |
Length of filaments: | > 200 µm |
Filament diameter: | 0.8 – 2.0 µm |
Gram staining: | mostly positive blue, occasionally also negative in industrial wastewater |
Neisser staining: | positive |