Pantoea coffeiphila
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Pantoea,
Pantoea coffeiphila Gueule et al. 2015.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-1.3 x 1.5-3.0 μm. Non-capsulated. Motile by peritrichous
flagella. Non-spore-forming.  
Colonies on nutrient agar are pale yellow, smooth, translucent and convex with entire
margins, about 1-2 mm (24-48 h) in diameter. Grows at 10-37
ºC with optimally at
20-30 ºC. Growth occurs in peptone water with 0-3.6% (w/v) NaCl; some strains grow
with up to 5.2 % NaCl (weaker growth). Growth occurs at pH 4.5-11 (optimally at pH
7-9). Facultatively anaerobic. Produces 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine giving a strong
potato-like odour.
Isolated from potato-smelling coffee seeds in Burundi. Resistant to O/129, ampicillin, tricarcillin, mecillinam and cefotetan.
Undetermined.
  1. Gueule D, Fourny G, Ageron E, Le Fleche-Mateos A, Vandenbogaert M, Grimont PA, Cilas C. Pantoea coffeiphila sp. nov., cause of
    the 'potato taste' of Arabica coffee from the African Great Lakes region. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:23-29.
Positive results for catalase, esculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, gamma-glutamyl-transferase, nitrate reduction,
Voges-Proskauer test, acid production (API 50 CH) from D-arbutin, esculin, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose,
N-acetylglucosamine, D-ribose, salicin, sucrose and trehalose.
Can utilize (Biotype-100, medium 1) D-glucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, trehalose, D-mannose, cellobiose, 1-O-methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside, L-rhamnose, glycerol, D-saccharate, Lmalate, 2-ketogluconate, 5-ketogluconate, N-acetylglucosamine,
D-gluconate, succinate, fumarate, L-aspartate and 2-ketoglutarate.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, DNase, gelatinase, beta-glucuronidase, H
2S production, indole production, lysine
decarboxylase, lecithin hydrolysis, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, starch hydrolysis, tributyrin hydrolysis, Tween 20, 40, 60 and 80
hydrolysis, urease, beta-xylosidase, acid production from cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, lactose, maltose, D-mannitol, raffinose,
D-sorbitol, and L-sorbose.
No utilization of Simmons' citrate, malonate, mucate and acetate.
No utilization (Biotype-100) of L-sorbose, melibiose, raffinose, maltotriose, maltose, lactose, lactulose, 1-methyl beta-galactoside,
1-methyl alpha-galactoside, beta-gentiobiose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, palatinose, L-fucose, melezitose, D- and L-arabitol, xylitol,
dulcitol, D-tagatose, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, maltitol, turanose, D-sorbitol, D-lyxose, i-erythritol, 1-methyl alpha-D-glucoside,
3-methyl D-glucose, mucate, L-, D- and meso-tartrate, D-malate, cis-aconitate, trans-aconitate, tricarballylate, D-gluconate,
D-galacturonate, phenylacetate, protocatechuate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, quinate, gentisate, 3-hydroxybenzoate, benzoate,
3-phenylpropionate, m-coumarate, betain, putrescine, 4-aminobutyrate, histamine, DL-lactate, caprate, caprylate, glutarate,
5-aminovalerate, ethanolamine, tryptamine, itaconate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, L-proline, D- and L-alanine, L-serine, malonate, propionate
and L-tyrosine.

Variable results for acid production from amygdalin, L-arabinose, D-fucose, myo-inositol, melibiose, L-rhamnose, and D-xylose.
Variable utilization of D-ribose, citrate, trigonelline, DL-glycerate and L-glutamate.
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