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Vitreoscilla

A genus of gram-negative, aerobic or microaerophilic, colorless filaments. It is nonfruiting, motile by gliding, and found in freshwater sediments and cow dung. One species (V. stercoraria) is considered morphologically to be a streptobacillus. That species is strictly aerobic and produces a homodimeric bacterial hemoglobin, especially under oxygen-limited growth conditions. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)

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A genus of gram-negative, aerobic or microaerophilic, colorless filaments. It is nonfruiting, motile by gliding, and found in freshwater sediments and cow dung. One species (V. stercoraria) is considered morphologically to be a streptobacillus. That species is strictly aerobic and produces a homodimeric bacterial hemoglobin, especially under oxygen-limited growth conditions. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)

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  • Vitreoscilla stercoraria

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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2000

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Vitreoscilla. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020589. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020589
  2. Vitreoscilla. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreoscilla
  3. Vitreoscilla. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16993450