| Arsenophonus nasoniae |
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Morganellaceae, Genus
Arsenophonus, Arsenophonus nasoniae Gherna et al., 1991, type species of the genus.
A second species has been proposed for the genus: Candidatus Arsenophonus triatominarum (not valid).
Arsenophonus, Arsenophonus nasoniae Gherna et al., 1991, type species of the genus.
A second species has been proposed for the genus: Candidatus Arsenophonus triatominarum (not valid).
Gram-negative rods, highly filamentous, 6.9-10 µm x 0.4-0.5 µm, nonmotile.
Colonies have 2 to 3 mm in diameter, irregular and raised with an undulate margin,
light brown pigmentation. Incubation temperature 15-35 ºC (optimum 30 ºC, may
require microaerobic conditions. Grow at pH 6.2-8.7 (optimum pH 7.4-8.0).
BHI medium (brain heart infusion), MM agar.
light brown pigmentation. Incubation temperature 15-35 ºC (optimum 30 ºC, may
require microaerobic conditions. Grow at pH 6.2-8.7 (optimum pH 7.4-8.0).
BHI medium (brain heart infusion), MM agar.
Isolated from wasp Nasonia vitripennis.
Is a maternally inherited agent that causes lethality of male embryos of infected females in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis.
- Gherna et al. Arsenophonus nasoniae gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of the son-killer trait in the parasitic wasp Nasonia
vitripennis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 563-565. - J. G. Holt et al., 1994. Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods. Subgroup 1. Family Enterobacteriaceae. In: Begey’s Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 9th-edition, Williams & Wilkins, pp 175-189. - Don J. Brenner and J.J. Farmer III, 2001. Family I. Enterobacteriaceae. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second
edition, Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp 587-897. - Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for
Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov.,
Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
2016; 66:5575-5599.
Positive results for acid production from: glucose and sacharose.
Negative results for nitrate reduction, oxidase, lactose, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole
production, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production, urea hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer, malonate, gas production from glucose, acid
production from: D-mannitol, inositol, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, maltose, raffinose, trehalose and
D-xylose.
Negative results for nitrate reduction, oxidase, lactose, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole
production, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production, urea hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer, malonate, gas production from glucose, acid
production from: D-mannitol, inositol, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, maltose, raffinose, trehalose and
D-xylose.
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