Flexibacter Lebendpräparat Vergrößerung 400X (Foto Dr. A. Remde)
Flexibacter
Flexibacter occasionally present in heavily loaded activated sludge. Proper motion and in contrast to Beggiatoa lack of sulphur deposits is typical.
Morphology:
| Filament position: | free in aqueous phase |
| Branching: | none |
| Movement: | gliding |
| Growth habit: | straight / slightly curved |
| Aufwuchs: | absent |
| Constrictions: | variable |
| Sheath: | absent |
| Transverse walls: | not clearly visible |
| Cell form: | not always identifiable |
| Length of filaments: | < 200 µm |
| Filament diameter: | 0.7 – 1.0 µm |
| Gram staining: | negative |
| Neisser staining: | negative |