Pantoea rwandensis
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Pantoea,
Pantoea rwandensis Brady et al. 2012.
Gram-negative short rods, 1.0 x 2.0-3.0 μm, occurring singly or in pairs. Non-motile.
Non-spore-forming.  
Colonies are round, smooth and convex with entire margins on tryptone soy agar and
beige in colour after incubation of 24 h at 28 ºC. Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from Eucalyptus leaves in Rwanda.
Isolated from lesions on Eucalyptus leaves exhibiting symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback.
  1. Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, van der Westhuizen L, Venter SN, Coutinho TA, De Vos P. Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis
    sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1457-1464.
Positive results for catalase, beta-galactosidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production (API 50 CH) from D- and L-arabinose,
D-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, esculin ferric citrate, D- and L-fucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, gentiobiose,
glycerol, inositol, D-mannose, D-mannitol, melibiose, N-acetylglucosamine, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, salicin, trehalose, and D-xylose.
Can utilize (Biolog system) : Tweens 40 and 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, cellobiose, erythritol, D-fructose,
L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, D-glucose, inositol, D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, methyl beta-Dglucoside, D-psicose,
L-rhamnose, trehalose, pyruvic acid methyl ester, succinic acid monomethyl ester, acetic acid, formic acid, D-galactonic acid lactone,
D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid, DL-lactic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, succinic
acid, bromosuccinic acid, glucuronamide, L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, L-aspargine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, glycyl L-aspartic
acid, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-proline, D- and Lserine, inosine, uridine, thymidine, glycerol, DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate,
alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, and D-glucose 6-phosphate.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, citrate utilization, H
2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, lecithin
hydrolysis, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, acid production from D-adonitol, lactose, raffinose and sucrose.
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