Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Cupriavidus, Cupriavidus numazuensis (Kageyama et al. 2005) Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2013.
Old synonym: Wautersia numazuensis corrig. Kageyama et al. 2005.
Gram-negative cells.
Grows at 29 ºC, in Luria Bertani broth. Aerobic.
Isolated from soil.
Undetermined.
- Martinez-Aguilar L., Caballero-Mellado J. and Estrada-De Los Santos P.: Transfer of Wautersia numazuensis to the genus
Cupriavidus as Cupriavidus numazuensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 208-211.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, catalase, nitrate reduction, oxidase and
urease.
Can assimilate capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid, inulin,
turanose, DL-fucose, DL-arabitol, 5-ketogluconate, malic acid, potassium gluconate and D-tagatose.
Negative results for esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase and indole production.
No assimilation of L-arabinose, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, erythritol, D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, gentiobiose, glycogen,
N-acetylglucosamine, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, esculin, D-lyxose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, maltose, melezitose,
L-rhamnose, L-sorbose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, starch, trehalose and xylitol.
(c) Costin Stoica