| Arcobacter halophilus |
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Epsilonproteobacteria, Order Campylobacterales, Family Arcobacteraceae, Genus
Arcobacter, Arcobacter halophilus Donachie et al. 2005.
Arcobacter, Arcobacter halophilus Donachie et al. 2005.
Gram-negative, slightly curved rods, becoming helical as cells lengthen, 0.4-0.5 x 1.5-
2.5 μm. Motile by means of a polar flagellum.
2.5 μm. Motile by means of a polar flagellum.
Colonies are smooth, off-white, circular with entire margins, convex, non-swarming
with a sticky consistency and approximately 1-2 mm in diameter after 72 hours
incubation at 18-22 ºC under microaerobic conditions on 5% blood agar containing
3.5% NaCl. Nonhemolytic. Obligately halophilic; does not grow, or grows only poorly, on media that contain less
than 2% NaCl or less than 0.1% KNO3.
Contradictory results for 1% glycine growth.
Growth is not observed under microaerobic conditions on media containing 0.04%
triphenyl-tetrazolium chloride, 0.1% potassium permanganate, 0.001%
sodium arsenite, 0.02–0.05% safranin, 32 mg/L nalidixic acid, 32 mg/L cephalothin, 32 mg/L carbenicillin, 64mg/L cefoperazone,
0.032% methyl orange, 0.1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.005% basic fuchsin, 00005% crystal violet, 0.01% janus green, 0.1% sodium
fluoride, 0.2% pyronin or 1% oxgall.
When tested on 5% blood agar containing 3.5% NaCl, growth is observed under aerobic and microaerobic conditions at room
temperature and at 37 ºC, and under anaerobic conditions at 37 ºC. Growth is not observed on 5% blood agar containing
3.5% NaCl under microaerobic conditions at 42 ºC. Grows microaerobically on 5% BA containing 2-4% (w/v) NaCl. Growth is not
observed under microaerobic conditions on nutrient, charcoal, minimal, MacConkey, potato starch, lecithin, tyrosine or casein media.
with a sticky consistency and approximately 1-2 mm in diameter after 72 hours
incubation at 18-22 ºC under microaerobic conditions on 5% blood agar containing
3.5% NaCl. Nonhemolytic. Obligately halophilic; does not grow, or grows only poorly, on media that contain less
than 2% NaCl or less than 0.1% KNO3.
Contradictory results for 1% glycine growth.
Growth is not observed under microaerobic conditions on media containing 0.04%
triphenyl-tetrazolium chloride, 0.1% potassium permanganate, 0.001%
sodium arsenite, 0.02–0.05% safranin, 32 mg/L nalidixic acid, 32 mg/L cephalothin, 32 mg/L carbenicillin, 64mg/L cefoperazone,
0.032% methyl orange, 0.1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.005% basic fuchsin, 00005% crystal violet, 0.01% janus green, 0.1% sodium
fluoride, 0.2% pyronin or 1% oxgall.
When tested on 5% blood agar containing 3.5% NaCl, growth is observed under aerobic and microaerobic conditions at room
temperature and at 37 ºC, and under anaerobic conditions at 37 ºC. Growth is not observed on 5% blood agar containing
3.5% NaCl under microaerobic conditions at 42 ºC. Grows microaerobically on 5% BA containing 2-4% (w/v) NaCl. Growth is not
observed under microaerobic conditions on nutrient, charcoal, minimal, MacConkey, potato starch, lecithin, tyrosine or casein media.
Isolated from water collected from a hypersaline lagoon on Laysan Atoll in the north-western Hawaiian Islands.
Undetermined.
- Stuart P. Donachie, John P. Bowman, Stephen L. W. On, and Maqsudul Alam. Arcobacter halophilus sp. nov., the first obligate
halophile in the genus Arcobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol May 2005 55:1271-1277. - Luis Collado and Maria José Figueras. Taxonomy, Epidemiology, and Clinical Relevance of the Genus Arcobacter. Clin. Microbiol.
Rev. 2011, 24(1):174. - Sasi Jyothsna TS, Rahul K, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Arcobacter anaerophilus sp. nov., isolated from an
estuarine sediment and emended description of the genus Arcobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4619-4625. - Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Whiteduck-Leveillee J, Cloutier M, Tambong JT, Xu R, Topp E, Arts MT, Chao J, Adam Z, Andre Levesque
C, et al. Arcobacter lanthieri sp. nov., isolated from pig and dairy cattle manure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2709-2716. - Levican A, Rubio-Arcos S, Martinez-Murcia A, Collado L, Figueras MJ. Arcobacter ebronensis sp. nov. and Arcobacter aquimarinus
sp. nov., two new species isolated from marine environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:30-35.
Positive results for oxidase, nitrate reduction and indoxyl acetate hydrolysis.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, catalase, urease, alkaline phosphatase, hippurate hydrolysis, DN-ase, H2S production on
TSI and Voges-Proskauer test.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, catalase, urease, alkaline phosphatase, hippurate hydrolysis, DN-ase, H2S production on
TSI and Voges-Proskauer test.
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