Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Dickeya, Dickeya undicola Oulghazi et al. 2019.
Gram-negative rods. Motile.
After 24 h in cubation on TY medium (5 g/l tryptone, 3 g/l yeast extract and 15 g/l agar)
smooth colonies are produced.
Isolated from fresh water in Malaysia.
Undetermined.
- Oulghazi S, Pedron J, Cigna J, Lau YY, Moumni M, Van Gijsegem F, Chan KG, Faure D. Dickeya undicola sp. nov., a novel species
for pectinolytic isolates from surface waters in Europe and Asia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2440-2444.
Can utilize as sole carbon source L-arabinose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-saccharic acid, succinic acid, D-galactose, L-aspartic
acid, D-mannose, glycerol, D-gluconic acid, D,L-aglycerol-phosphate, D-xylose, L-lactic acid, formic acid, D-mannitol, L-glutamic acid,
D-glucose-6-phosphate, D-galactonic acid-g-lactone, D,L-malic acid, D-ribose, D-fructose, acetic acid, alpha-D-glucose, melibiose,
thymidine, L-asparagine, D-aspartic acid, alpha-methyl D-galactoside, sucrose, uridine, L-glutamine, meso-tartaric acid, D-glucose-1-
phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, methyl b-D-glucoside, maltotriose, citric acid, m-inositol, fumaric acid, bromo succinic acid, mucic
acid, cellobiose, L-serine, methyl pyruvate, D-malic acid, L-malic acid, pyruvic acid, L-galactonic acid-gamma-lactone, D-galacturonic
acid, pectin, D-arabinose, arbutin, 3–0-beta-D-galacto-pyranosyl-D-arabinose, gentiobiose, raffinose, salicin, D-glucosamine,
malonic acid and succinamic acid.
No assimilation of L-rhamnose and D-psicose.
Species can be differentiated from Dickeya fangzhongdai by their capacity to assimilate D-galactonic acid gamma-lactone and no
assimilation of D-psicose.
(c) Costin Stoica