Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Subclass Actibacteridae, Order Actynomycetales, Suborder Actinomycinae, Family
Actinomycetaceae, Genus Arcanobacterium, Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum Sammra, Balbutskaya, Ulbegi-Mohyla, Nagib,
Lammler, Kampfer, Glaeser, Golke, Busse, Prenger-Berninghoff, Siebert, Abdulmawjood and Klein, 2015.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive pleomorphic, V-shaped rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies have a weak zone of haemolysis in microaerobic conditions on sheep and
rabbit blood agar and are pinpoint, discoid, opaque and whitish. Facultative anaerobic.
Grows at 37 ºC. CAMP-like reactions and reverse CAMP reaction are positive.
Isolated from an anal swab of a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina).
Undetermined.
- Sammra O., Balbutskaya A., Ulbegi-Mohyla H., Nagib S., Lammler C., Kampfer P., Glaeser S. P., Golke J., Busse H.J., Prenger-
Berninghoff E., Siebert U., Abdulmawjood A. and Klein G., 2015. Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum sp.nov., isolated from a harbour
seal. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 65, 4539-4543.
Description is based on API CORYNE (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for alkaline phosphatase, amylase (weak reaction), catalase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, pyrazinamidase,
pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, acid production from: D-glucose, glycogen, lactose, maltose, sucrose (weak
reaction) & D-xylose (weak reaction).
Negative results for caseinase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha-mannosidase,
nitrate reduction, oxidase, urease, acid production from: D-mannitol & D-ribose.
(c) Costin Stoica