Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Tatumella, Tatumella saanichensis Tracz et al. 2015.
Gram-negative, straight rods, 0.5 x 1.4 μm. Non-motile (at 25 and 35 ºC). Fibriae are
present, but not flagella. Nonspore-forming.
Colonies are circular, white, smooth, glossy, 0.5-1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of
growth and 1.5 mm after 48 h at 25 and 35 ºC on 5% Sheep Blood Agar. Facultatively
anaerobic.
Isolated from sputum.
Isolated from sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient.
- Tracz DM, Gilmour MW, Mabon P, Beniac DR, Hoang L, Kibsey P, Van Domselaar G, Tabor H, Westmacott GR, Corbett CR, et al.
Tatumella saanichensis sp. nov., isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1959-1966.
Positive results for acetate utilization, catalase, citrate (Simmons’), nitrate reduction, phenylalanine deaminase, acid production from
arabinose, glucose (without gas), lactose, mannose, melibiose, and xylose.
Can utilize (Biolog panel) lactose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-mannose, D-fructose, D-galactose, inosine, glycerol, D-glucose 6-
phosphate, glycyl L-proline, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, D-gluconic acid, L-citric acid and malic acid.
Weak results are observed for the utilization of dextrin, Dglucose, D-fucose, pectin, glucuronamide, mucic acid, quinic acid, alpha-
ketoglutaric acid, bromosuccinic acid, caminobutyric acid, acetoacetic acid and formic acid.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, aesculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase (ONPG), H2S production (TSI agar), indole
production, Jordan’s tartrate, lysine decarboxylase, methyl red test, malonate utilization, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, urease,
Voges-Proskauer reaction (Coblentz method), acid production from adonitol, arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, methyl alpha-
glucoside, inositol, mannitol, mucate, maltose, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, and trehalose.
No utilization of maltose, trehalose, cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, turanose, stachyose, raffinose, melibiose, methyl beta-D-
glucoside, salicin, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-beta-mannosamine, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid, 3-
methyl glucose, L-fucose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, D-arabitol, myo-inositol, D-fructose 6-phosphate, D-aspartic acid, D-
and L-serine, gelatin, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-pyroglutamic acid, D-galacturonic acid, L-galactonic acid lactone, D-
glucuronic acid, D-saccharic acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, methylpyruvate, D-lactic acid methyl ester, L-lactic acid, D-malic acid,
Tween 40, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxy-DL-butyric acid, aalpha-ketobutyric acid, propionic acid and acetic acid.

(c) Costin Stoica
Legend: + positive 90-100%, - negative 90-100%, [+] positive 75-89%, [-] negative 75-89%, d positive 25-74% of strains,
Differential characters: