Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characterstics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Budviciaceae, Genus Budvicia, Budvicia
aquatica, Bouvet et al. 1985, type species of the genus.
Gram-negative, motile rods. Produce peritrichous flagella when grown at 22 ºC; less
motile at 36 ºC. Is more active biochemically at 25 ºC.
Grows slowly on nutrient agar, forming colonies only about 0.1 mm at 24 h, 36 ºC;
colonies are five times larger when grown at 30 ºC for 24 hours. Grows on laboratory
media including MacConkey agar.
Isolated from surface waters,intestinal tract of freshwater salmonid fish & human feces. Resistant to penicillin, ampicillin & cephalothin.
None, uncertain clinical significance. No evidence that it is a pathogen for plants or animals.
- Bouvet OMM, Grimont PAD, Richard C, Aldova E, Hausner O, Gabrhelova M. Budvicia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov.: a hydrogen
sulfide-producing member of the Enterobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 60-64.
- 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 hydrogen sulphide production, urease, catalase, ONPG, nitrate
reduction, acid production from: glucose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose and
D-xylose.
Negative results for oxidase, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole production, citrate utilization,
Voges-Proskauer, phenilalanine, gelatinase, growth on KCN media, malonate utilization, Esculin hydrolysis, acetate utilization,
deoxyribonuclease, lipase, acid production from:myo-inositol, D-sorbitol, sucrose, melibiose, cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, maltose,
D-mannose, alfa-methyl-D-glucoside, raffinose, salicin, trehalose, D-adonitol and erythritol.
Variable results for acidification of D-mannitol,dulcitol and tartrate.
(c) Costin Stoica