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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Brenneria, Brenneria rubrifaciens, Hauben et al. 1998.
Basonym: Erwinia rubrifaciens, Wilson et al. 1967.
Brenneria, Brenneria rubrifaciens, Hauben et al. 1998.
Basonym: Erwinia rubrifaciens, Wilson et al. 1967.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-1.0 x 1-3 µm. Motile by peritrichous flagella.
Produces a water soluble, diffusible pink-red pigment (rubrifacin) on yeast extract
glucose chalk agar. Optimum growth temperature 26 - 30 ºC. No growth at 40 ºC.
Facultatively anaerobic.
glucose chalk agar. Optimum growth temperature 26 - 30 ºC. No growth at 40 ºC.
Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from plants.
Causes the canker of persian walnut tree.
- 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. - Hao MV, Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, Kosako Y, Komagata K. Erwinia persicinus, a new species isolated from plants. Int J Syst
Bacteriol 1990; 40:379-383.
Positive results for catalase, H2S production (from cysteine), methyl red test. acid
production from fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, salicin and sucrose.
Can utilize citrate and DL-tartrate.
Negative results for oxidase, nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase,
starch hydrolysis, acid production from adonitol, dulcitol and lactose.
production from fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, salicin and sucrose.
Can utilize citrate and DL-tartrate.
Negative results for oxidase, nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase,
starch hydrolysis, acid production from adonitol, dulcitol and lactose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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Differential characters of close species:
Legend: + positive 90-100%, - negative 90-100%, d positive 25-74% of strains.
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