Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Enterobacteriaceae, Genus Gibbsiella,
Gibbsiella quercinecans Brady et al. 2011.
Gram-negative short rods, 0.9 x 1-1.5 µm, occuring singly, in pairs or in groups of four.
Non-spore-forming. Presents fimbriae, but not flagella.
Colonies are white to cream on nutrient agar, round, convex and smooth with entire
margins. Can grow at temperatures between 10 and 40 ºC. Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from oak trees displaying symptoms of extensive stem bleeding.
Associated with Acute Oak Decline disease.
- Brady C, Denman S, Kirk S, Venter S, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho T. Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp.
nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:444-450.
- Kim PS, Shin NR, Kim JY, Yun JH, Hyun DW, Bae JW. Gibbsiella papilionis sp. nov., isolated from the intestinal tract of the butterfly
Mycalesis gotama, and emended description of the genus Gibbsiella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2607-2611.
Based on API 20E, API 50CHB/E (bioMérieux) and GN2 MicroPlate (Biolog) results.
Positive results for acid and lkaline phosphatase, catalase, citrate utilization, beta-galactosidase, nitrate reduction, esterase (C4),
alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrorase, acid production
from L-arabinose, D-arabitol, arbutin, esculin ferric citrate, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, glycerol, alpha-methyl-D-glucoside,
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, inositol, lactose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, D-melibiose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, D-saccharose,
salicin, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, D-trehalose, D-turanose and D-xylose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source dextrin, glycogen, Tween 40 and 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, D-fructose,
L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, alpha-D-glucose, inositol, alpha-D-lactose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melibiose,
alpha-methyl-D-glucoside, D-psicose, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, D-trehalose, turanose, pyruvic acid methyl ester,
succinic acid mono-methyl ester, acetic acid, citric acid, D-gluconic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, DL-lactic acid, succinic acid,
bromosuccinic acid, L-aspartic acid, glycerol and alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase (positive in Kim's study), gelatinase, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase,
ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, tryptophan deaminase, urease (positive in Kim's study), Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from
D-adonitol, D-fucose and erythritol.
No utilization of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, adonitol, erythritol, xylitol, D-galactonic acid lactone, beta-hydroxybutyric acid,
gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, itaconic acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, malonic acid,
propionic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, sebacic acid, glucuronamide, L-alaninamide, D- and L-alanine, L-alanyl-glycine,
glycyl-L-aspartic acid, glycyl-L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, hydroxyl-L-proline, L-leucine, L-ornithine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine,
DL-carnitine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, urocanic acid, phenylethylamine, putrescine and 2-aminoethanol.
Variable acid production from D-arabinose, D-cellobiose, gentiobiose, L-fucose and potassium gluconate.
May utilize D-cellobiose, lactulose, D-galacturonic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, succinamic
acid, L-aspargine, L-glutamic acid, L-proline, D- and L-serine, inosine, uridine, thymidine, DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate and
D-glucose-6-phosphate.
(c) Costin Stoica