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 |