Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Order Micrococcales, Family Sanguibacteraceae, Genus Sanguibacter, Sanguibacter
inulinus Pascual, Collins, Grimont, Dominguez and Fernandez-Garayzabal 1996.
Gram-positive, short, irregularly rods. Motile.
Colonies are convex with entire edges, pale-yellow, 0.5-1.0 mm in diameter on TSA in
48 hours at 25-30 ºC. CAMP test is positive. Facultatively anaerobic. Optimum growth
temperature is 25-30 ºC. No growh at 42 ºC.
Isolated from blood of healthy cows.
Undetermined.
- Funke G., von Graevenitz A., Clarridge III J.E., and Bernard K.A., 1997. Clinical Microbiology of Coryneform Bacteria. Clinical
Microbiology Rewiews Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 125-159.
- Pascual C., Collins M.D., Grimont P.A.D., Dominguez L., and Fernandez-Garayzabal J.F., 1996. Sanguibacter inulinus sp. nov. Int.
J. Syst. Bact. Vol. 46, No. 3, 811-813.
Description is based on API 50 CHL results, 2-15 days at 30 ºC.
Positive results for catalase, esculin hydrolysis, acid production from: amygdalin, arbutin, N-acetylglucosamine, L-arabinose,
cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, gluconate, glycerol, glycogen, gentiobiose, inulin, 5-ketogluconate, lactose, lyxose,
maltose, D-mannose, melibiose, D-raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sucrose, trehalose, D-turanose & D-xylose.
Negative results for cellulose hydrolysis, oxidase, Tween hydrolysis, acid production from: adonitol, D-arabinose, arabitol, erythritol,
fucose, inositol, 2-ketogluconate, melezitose, sorbitol, tagatose, xylitol & L-xylose.
Variable results for casein hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, acid production from mannitol.
(c) Costin Stoica