Pantoea septica
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Pantoea,
Pantoea septica Brady et al. 2010.
Gram-negative rods, 0.9 x 1.5-3.0 μm,. Non-capsulated. Motile. Non-spore-forming.  
Colonies are beige, round, convex and smooth with entire margins. Optimum growth
temperature is 28- 30 ºC. Aerogenic.
Isolated from  human stool sample in USA.
Involved in a septicaemia outbreak in the USA in 1971.
  1. 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 catalase, citrate utilization, beta-galactosidase, phenylalanine deaminase (weak), acid production (API 50 CHB/E)
from L-arabinose, D-fructose, D-galactose, maltose, D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, trehalose and
D-xylose.
Can utilize D-xylose, L-rhamnose, D-mannitol, D-malate, D-glucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, trehalose, D-mannose, cellobiose,
1-O-methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, L-arabinose, glycerol, inositol, D-saccharate, cis-aconitate, D-glucuronate, D-galacturonate,
N-acetylglucosamine, D-gluconate, DL-lactate, L-histidine, L-aspartate, L-glutamate, L-alanine and L-serine.

Negative results for gelatinase, H
2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, urease,
acid production from dulcitol and raffinose.
No utilization of L-arabitol, D-tagatose, adonitol, erythritol, 3-O-methyl D-glucopyranose, D-tartrate, quinate and betaine, L-sorbose,
palatinose, melezitose, maltitol, turanose, tricarballylate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, gentisate, 3-hydroxybenzoate, benzoate, m-coumarate,
3-phenylproprionate, histamine, caprate, caprylate, glutarate, 5-aminovalerate, ethanolamine, tryptamine, itaconate, 3-hydroxybutyrate,
propionate and L-tyrosine.

Variable results for acid production from glycerol, inositol, cellobiose and lactose.
Variable utilization of melibiose, sucrose, raffinose, maltotriose, maltose, lactose, lactulose, gentiobiose, L-fucose, D-arabitol,
xylitol, dulcitol (weakly), D-sorbitol (weakly), L-tartrate, meso-tartrate and citrate.
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