INFORMATION

 
·         The scientific name for the bacteria is streptomyces griseus
·         It is in the genus of filamentous 
·         And it is also in the family Streptomycetaceae 
·         This bacteria is a aerobic bacteria
·         Also this bacteria is characterized as gram positive

HABITAT

·         The species is found worldwide in soil

·         Also the species is very important in soil ecology

·         INTERESTING*:much of the characteristic earthy smell of soils arises from chemicals called geosmens given off by the streptomyces species

·         Can eat almost anything

o   Sugars, alcohols, amino acids, organic acids, etc.

·         Streptomyces grows the fastest and best when it is put at the temperature of 26° C

·         they form branching filaments of cells which become a network of strands called a mycelium

·           They are also unique in the way they form spores 

·         By far the most successful genus in this group is Streptomyces 

·         Streptomyces species produce spores from aerial filaments called sporophores. 

                                                                o   These rise above the colony and form spores called conidia by simple cross-wall divisions of the filament.

 
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