Reference Library
A collection of various Microbes. This library helps defines and describes the various elements you may find in your water.
Indicator morphotype: Filamentous Morphotype
or
Shape:
Variable
Septa:
Sometimes Visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
Very large
Shape:
N/A
Septa:
Usually not visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
Looks like Microthix but gram positive.
Shape:
OvalsRods
Septa:
Yes usually visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
Grows dispersed. “Thin and crooked”.
Shape:
Individual cell not visible
Septa:
Yes- but very rarely seen septa.
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
Gram positive. Often has Neisser positive granules.
Shape:
Rectangles
Septa:
Yes - often difficult to see
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
Yes
Branching:
Yes
Description
Often forms "bundles/twisted ropes". Often has attached growth.
Shape:
OvalsRods
Septa:
Yes - visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
Usually dispersed. “Chain of cells” appearance.
Shape:
Rectangles
Septa:
Yes - Sometimes but not always Visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
Variable
Branching:
Variable
Description
Neisser positive. Need Neisser stain to ID. Often difficult to see at phase contrast. Common to not see individual cells.
Shape:
SausageRods
Septa:
Yes - visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No - not a true sheath
Branching:
No - not a true sheath
Description
Transparent/ "lighter" appearance.
Shape:
SausageRods
Septa:
Yes - visible
Sulfur Granules:
No
Sheath:
No
Branching:
No
Description
"Elongated rods/ long sausage links"
