Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Aeromonadales, Family Aeromonadaceae, Genus Oceanimonas,
Oceanimonas baumannii Brown et al. 2001.
Gram-negative rods, 1.0 x 2.0–2.0 µm. Motile by up to four polar flagella.
Aerobic growth on L-alanine, betaine, caprate, citrate, ethanol, l-glutamate, malate,
l-proline, phenol, sarcosine, and succinate. Grows in NaCl up to 7% (w/v). Growth
temperatures 10–30 ºC. Isolated by enrichment in liquid minimal salts medium
containing phenol as a carbon source and 5% NaCl.
Isolated from estuary mud.
Undetermined.
- G.R. Brown, I.C. Sutcliffe, S.P. Cummings. Reclassification of [Pseudomonas] doudoroffii (Baumann et al. 1983) into the genus
Oceanomonas gen. nov. as Oceanomonas doudoroffii comb. nov., and description of a phenol-degrading bacterium from
estuarine water as Oceanomonas baumannii sp. nov.
- Amy Martin-Carnahan and Samuel W. Joseph 2004. Order XII. Aeromonadales ord. nov. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology, Second edition,Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp. 556-587.
Positive results for nitrate reduction, oxidase, utilization of: acetate, aconitate, D- or
L-alpha-alanine, beta-alanine, allantoin, gamma-aminobutyrate, D-aminovalerate,
L-arginine, L-aspartate, benzoate, betaine, butylamine, caprate, citrate, creatine, ethanol, D-fructose, fumarate, galactose,
L-glutamate, glutarate, DL-glycerate, glycerol, glycine, glycolate, histamine, L-histidine, DL-beta-hydroxybutyrate, alpha-ketoglutarate,
DL-lactate, DL-malate, L-ornithine, phenol, L-proline, putrescine, pyruvate, L-serine, sarcosine, spermine and succinate.
Negative results for arginine hydrolase, beta-galactosidase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, urease, indole production and
glucose fermentation.
(c) Costin Stoica