Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Dickeya, Dickeya fangzhongdai Tian et al. 2016.
Gram-negative rods. Motile.
Colonies on yeast peptone dextrose adenine medium are 2 mm wide after 48 h at 28
ºC. Growth occurs at 39 ºC. Pectinolytic.
Isolated from pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia) and orchid (Phalaenopsis) in China.
Produces bleeding canker in Pyrus pyrifolia and soft rot in orchids.
- Tian Y, Zhao Y, Yuan X, Yi J, Fan J, Xu Z, Hu B, De Boer SH, Li X. Dickeya fangzhongdai sp. nov., a plant-pathogenic bacterium
isolated from pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2831-2835.
- Oulghazi S, Pedron J, Cigna J, Lau YY, Moumni M, Van Gijsegem F, Chan KG, Faure D. Dickeya undicola sp. nov., a novel species
for pectinolytic isolates from surface waters in Europe and Asia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2440-2444.
- Zhang J, Hu J, Shen H, Zhang Y, Sun D et al. Genomic analysis of the Phalaenopsis pathogen Dickeya sp. PA1, representing the
emerging species Dickeya fangzhongdai. BMC Genomics 2018;19:782.
- 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.
- Oulghazi S, Pedron J, Cigna J, Lau YY, Moumni M, Van Gijsegem F, Chan KG, Faure D. Dickeya undicola sp. nov., a novel species
for pectinolytic isolates from surface waters in Europe and Asia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2440-2444.
- Wang X, He SW, Guo HB, Han JG, Thin KK, Gao JS, Wang Y, Zhang XX. Dickeya oryzae sp. nov., isolated from the roots of rice. Int
J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4171-4178.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, citrate utilization, gelatinase,
beta-galactosidase, indole production, acid production from amygdalin, D- and
L-arabinose, cellobiose, galactose, glycerol, myo-inositol, mannitol, melibiose, rhamnosse, raffinose, ribose, saccharose, salicin,
alpha-methyl glucoside, and D-xylose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source L-arabinose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-saccharic acid, succinic acid, D-galactose, L-aspartic
acid, D-mannose, glycerol, D-gluconic acid, D,L-alpha-glycerol-phosphate, D-xylose, L-lactic acid, formic acid, D-mannitol,
D-glucose-6-phosphate, D,L-malic acid, D-ribose, D-fructose, acetic acid, alpha-D-glucose, melibiose, thymidine, L-asparagine,
D-aspartic acid, alpha-methyl D-galactoside, sucrose, uridine, L-glutamine, meso-tartaric acid, D-glucose-1-phosphate,
fructose-6-phosphate, methyl beta-D-glucoside, maltotriose, citric acid, m-inositol, fumaric acid, bromo succinic acid, mucic acid,
cellobiose, L-serine, methyl pyruvate, D-malic acid, L-malic acid, pyruvic acid, L-galactonic acid-gamma-lactone, D-galacturonic acid,
pectin, D-arabinose, arbutin, 3-0-beta-D-galacto-pyranosyl-D-arabinose, gentiobiose, raffinose, salicin, D-glucosamine, malonic acid
and succinamic acid.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase,
tryptophan deaminase, urease, acid production from 5-ketogluconate, beta-gentibiose, maltose, and sorbitol.
No utilization of L-rhamnose and D-galactonic acid gamma-lactone.
Variable results for Voges-Proskauer reaction.
(c) Costin Stoica