Dickeya aquatica
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Dickeya,
Dickeya aquatica Parkinson et al. 2014.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-1.0 x 1.0-3.0 µm, with rounded ends.
Colonies incubated at 28 ºC on potato dextrose agar are rounded, dry, wrinkled and
cream; a diffusible bluish pigment is often present. Grows at 36 and 39 ºC.
Facultativelly anaerobic.
Isolated from river water.
Undetermined.
  1. Parkinson N, DeVos P, Pirhonen M, Elphinstone J. Dickeya aquatica sp. nov., isolated from waterways. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
    2014; 64:2264-2266.
  2. BacDive in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data. Lorenz Christian Reimer, Joaquim Sarda
    Carbasse, Julia Koblitz, Christian Ebeling, Adam Podstawka, Jorg Overmann. Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2022.
  3. Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat N, Jacot-des-Combes C, Briolay J. Dickeya lacustris sp. nov., a water-living pectinolytic bacterium
    isolated from lakes in France. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:721-726.
Positive results for citrate utilization, casein hydrolysis, DNase (weak), beta-
galactosidase, gelatinase, indole production, lecithinase, Voges-Proskauer reaction,
acid production from amygdalin,arabinose, glucose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnosse, and saccharose.
Can utilize (Biolog GN2 microplate) Tween 40, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, L-fucose, D-psicose, L-rhamnose, trehalose, citric acid,
D-galactonic acid lactone, D-glucosaminic acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, propionic acid, glucuronamide,
D-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine, L-pyroglutamic acid and phenylethylamine.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, H
2S production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, tryptophan
deaminase, urease, acid production from D-arabinose, beta-gentibiose, inositol, mannitol, and sorbitol.
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