
Description is based mostly on Biolog GN2, API ZYM and API 20 NE results.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, C4 esterase, C8 esterase lipase, beta-galactosidase (PNPG), leucine
arylamidase, nitrate reduction, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, oxidase, Tweens 20, 40, 60 and 80 hydrolysis, urease and valine
arylamidase.
Can assimilate / utilize: glucose, gluconate, malate, citrate, dextrin, Tween 40, Tween 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, L-arabinose,
D-arabitol, D-fructose, L-fucose, D-galactose, myo-inositol, lactulose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-psicose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol,
pyruvic acid methyl ester, succinic acid mono-methyl-ester, cis-aconitic acid, citric acid, formic acid, D-galactonic acid lactone,
D-gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, DL-lactic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid,
succinic acid, bromosuccinic acid, succinamic acid, L-alanine, L-alanylglycine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid,
L-phenylalanine, L-proline, glycerol, DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate, alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate and D-glucose-6-phosphate.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, alginate hydrolysis, corn oil hydrolysis, chitin hydrolysis, casein hydrolysis, C14 lipase,
cystine arylamidase, DNase, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase indole production, starch
hydrolysis, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin and acid production from glucose.
No assimilation of 2-ketogluconate, D- and L-xylose, caprate, adipate, phenylacetate, alpha-cyclodextrin, glycogen,
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, cellobiose, i-erythritol, gentiobiose, alpha-lactose, maltose, melibiose, beta-methyl-D-glucoside, raffinose,
sucrose, turanose, acetic acid, D-galacturonic acid, D-glucuronic acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid,
itaconic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, sebacic acid, glucuronamide, glycyl-L-aspartic acid, glycyl-L-glutamic
acid, hydroxy L-proline, L-leucine, L-ornithine, D-serine, DL-carnitine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, inosine, uridine, thymidine,
phenylethylamine, putrescine, 2-aminoethanol and 2,3-butanediol.
Variable utilization of: L-arabinose, adonitol, trehalose, xylitol, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, malonic acid, propionic acid, L-alaninamide,
D-alanine, L-histidine, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-serine, L-threonine and urocanic acid.
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Trinickia, Trinickia symbiotica (Sheu et al. 2012) Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018
Old synonym: Burkholderia symbiotica Sheu et al. 2012, Paraburkholderia symbiotica (Sheu et al. 2012) Sawana et al. 2015.
Gram-negative rods, 0.8-1.0 x 1.0-1.5 μm. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Accumulates poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate.
Colonies after 48 h of incubation at 25 ºC on YEM agar are 1.0-1.3 mm in diameter,
yellow pigmented, circular, smooth and convex with entire edges. Growth occurs at
15-43 ºC (optimum 35 ºC), at pH 4-7 (optimum pH 5) and with 0-2% (w/v) NaCl
(optimum 0% NaCl). Aerobic.
Isolated from nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of Mimosa cordistipula and
Mimosa misera, Brazil.
Resistant to penicillin G and ampicillin. Sensitive to sulfamethoxazole plus
trimethoprim, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, kanamycin, tetracycline, streptomycin,
nalidixic acid, novobiocin (most strains) and rifampicin (most strains).
Undetermined.
- Sheu S.Y., Chou J.H., Bontemps C., Elliot G.N., Gross E., James E.K., Sprent J.I., Young J.P.W. and Chen W.M.: Burkholderia
symbiotica sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. native to north-east Brazil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62,
2272-2278.
- Sawana, A., Adeolu, M. and Gupta, R.S. 2014. Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia:
proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus
Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species. Front. Genet., 5, 429.
- Gao ZH, Zhong SF, Qin YN, Yang Z, Lv YY, Qiu LH. Trinickia dinghuensis sp. nov. and Trinickia fusca sp. nov., isolated from forest
soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1390-1397.
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