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KurthiaRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: Bacteria -> Terrabacteria group -> Firmicutes -> Bacilli -> Bacillales -> Planococcaceae -> Kurthia OVERVIEW: In young cultures (12–24 h): regular, unbranched rods with rounded ends occurring in chains that are often parallel. The rods are ~0.6–1.2 µm in diameter and vary in length according to the stage of growth ~2–5 µm long; filaments (5–10 µm) may occur. Older cultures (3–7 d) of some species are composed of coccoid cells formed by fragmentation of the rods, but short rods may be the dominant forms in such cultures; one species does not form coccoid cells. Does not form endospores. This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072] |