| Pantoea eucalypti |
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Pantoea, Pantoea eucalypti Brady et al. 2009.
Pantoea, Pantoea eucalypti Brady et al. 2009.
Gram-negative, short rods, 0.9 x 1.5–3.0 μm, occurring singly or in pairs. Motile. Non-
spore-forming.
spore-forming.
Colonies are beige to yellow with a darker centre, round, convex and smooth with
entire margins. Facultatively anaerobic. Optimum growth temperature is 28 ºC.
entire margins. Facultatively anaerobic. Optimum growth temperature is 28 ºC.
Isolated from eucalyptus leaves in Uruguay.
May produce symptoms of bacterial blight and die-back in eucalyptus leaves.
- Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Coutinho TA. Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea
eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2339-2345. - Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, Coutinho TA. Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description
of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and
Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998
to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2430-2440.
Positive results for beta-galactosidase, phenylalanine deaminase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from L-arabinose,
D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-fructose, L-rhamnose, inositol, D-mannitol, maltose, N-acetylglucosamine, lactose, sucrose and
trehalose.
Can utilize L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, maltotriose, L-rhamnose, inositol,
aesculin, D-mannitol, maltose, trehalose, cellobiose, lactose, sucrose, glycerol, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-tartrate, succinate, fumarate,
L-aspartate, L-glutamate, cis- and transaconitate, L-proline, D- and L-alanine, L-serine, Tweens 40 and 80, and citric acid.
Negative results for indole production, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, urease, acid
production from dulcitol and raffinose.
No utilization of erythritol, D-adonitol, L-sorbose, dulcitol, D-sorbitol, amygdalin, inulin, raffinose, lactulose, glycogen, xylitol, turanose,
D-tagatose, L-arabitol, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, L-fucose, 3-O-methyl-D-glucopyranose, D-tartrate, L-tryptophan, L-histidine, glutarate,
malonate, propionate, L-tyrosine, gentiobiose and malonic acid.
Variable results for acid production from cellobiose, glycerol and lactose.
D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-fructose, L-rhamnose, inositol, D-mannitol, maltose, N-acetylglucosamine, lactose, sucrose and
trehalose.
Can utilize L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, maltotriose, L-rhamnose, inositol,
aesculin, D-mannitol, maltose, trehalose, cellobiose, lactose, sucrose, glycerol, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-tartrate, succinate, fumarate,
L-aspartate, L-glutamate, cis- and transaconitate, L-proline, D- and L-alanine, L-serine, Tweens 40 and 80, and citric acid.
Negative results for indole production, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, urease, acid
production from dulcitol and raffinose.
No utilization of erythritol, D-adonitol, L-sorbose, dulcitol, D-sorbitol, amygdalin, inulin, raffinose, lactulose, glycogen, xylitol, turanose,
D-tagatose, L-arabitol, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, L-fucose, 3-O-methyl-D-glucopyranose, D-tartrate, L-tryptophan, L-histidine, glutarate,
malonate, propionate, L-tyrosine, gentiobiose and malonic acid.
Variable results for acid production from cellobiose, glycerol and lactose.
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