Achromobacter aegrifaciens
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Alcaligenaceae, Genus Achromobacter,
Achromobacter aegrifaciens Vandamme et al. 2014.

Synonym: Achromobacter genogroup 5.
Gram-negative rods.
Grows on blood agar. No growth on cetrimide agar. Growth occurs at 30-37 ºC. Can
grow in 3% and 4.5% NaCl. Positive growth on acetamide.
Isolated from sputum of patient with cystic fibrosis.
Undetermined.
  1. Vandamme, P., Moore, E. R. B., Cnockaert, M., Peeters, C., Svensson-Stadler, L., Houf, K., Spilker, T. and Lipuma, J. J. 2013.
    Classification of Achromobacter genogroups 2, 5, 7 and 14 as Achromobacter insuavis sp. nov., Achromobacter aegrifaciens sp.
    nov., Achromobacter anxifer sp. nov. and Achromobacter dolens sp. nov., respectively. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 474-482
    (abstract).
  2. Vandamme, P. A., Peeters, C., Inganas, E., Cnockaert, M., Houf, K., Spilker, T., Moore, E. R. B. and Lipuma, J. J. 2016. Taxonomic
    dissection of Achromobacter denitrificans Coenye et al. 2003 and proposal of Achromobacter agilis sp. nov., nom. rev.,
    Achromobacter pestifer sp. nov., nom. rev., Achromobacter kerstersii sp. nov. and Achromobacter deleyi sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
    Microbiol., 66, 3708-3717.
  3. Sinne Soberg Gade, Niels Norskov-Lauritsen and Winnie Ridderberg. Prevalence and species distribution of Achromobacter sp.
    cultured from cystic fibrosis patients attending the Aarhus centre in Denmark. Journal of Medical Microbiology 2017;66:686–689
    DOI 10.1099/jmm.0.000499.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, C4 lipase, nitrate and nitrite
reduction.
Can assimilate: adipate, caprate, citrate, D-gluconate, L-malate, D-lactate, phenylacetate and D-glucose.

Negative results for beta-glucosidase and phosphoamidase.
No assimilation of: L-arabinose, D-mannose, maltose and N-acetyl-glucosamine.
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Differential characters of Achromobacter anaxifer, A. dolens, A. aegrifaciens, and A. insuavis.
 
Denitrification
Nitrite
reduction
Caprate
assimilation
Phenylacetate
assimilation
D-glucose
asimilation
Alkaline
phosphatase
Acid
phosphatase
C4-lipase
Growth in
4.5% NaCl
A. anaxifer
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A. dolens
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A. aegrifaciens
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A. insuavis
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