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LysobacterRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: cellular organisms -> Bacteria -> Proteobacteria -> Gammaproteobacteria -> Xanthomonadales -> Xanthomonadaceae -> Lysobacter OVERVIEW: Thin rods, 0.2–0.5 × 1.0–15 (sometimes up to 70) µm, which are Gram negative, nonflagellated, gliding, flexing, and aerobic. Colonies are highly mucoid, cream-colored, pink, or yellow-brown; many strains also produce a brown, water-soluble pigment. Nonfruiting; no microcysts produced. Growth in broth culture is silky. Most strains are resistant to actinomycin D. This organism degrades chitin and often other polysaccharides, but it does not degrade filter-paper cellulose, and it infrequently degrades agar. Strongly proteolytic, characteristically lysing a variety of microorganisms (both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, including actinomycetes, blue-green and green algae, yeasts, and filamentous fungi), as well as nematodes. Habitat: soil and freshwater.The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 65.4–70.1.Type species: Lysobacter enzymogenes This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072]
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