Widespread in municipal sector and rarely index-relevant.
Filament position: | within flake and projecting out of flake |
Branching: | none |
Movement: | none |
Growth habit: | straight / slightly curved |
Aufwuchs: | substantial |
Constrictions: | absent |
Sheath: | present, hard to identify |
Transverse walls: | visible at the uncovered ends of filaments |
Cell form: | rectangular / square, visible at the uncovered ends of filaments |
Length of filaments: | > 50 – 500 µm |
Filament diameter: | 0.6 – 1.5 µm |
Gram staining: | variable |
Neisser staining: | negative |