Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Lonsdalea, Lonsdalea populi (Toth et al. 2013) Li et al. 2017.
Old synonym: Lonsdalea quercina subsp. populi Toth et al. 2013.
Gram-negative, short rods, 0.5-1.0 x 1.0-2.0 µm, occurring singly, in pairs or in
groups. Motile by peritrichous flagella.
Colonies are light cream, round and slightly convex. Strains can grow at temperatures
of between 8 and 44 ºC; Optimum growth temperature 30-34 ºC. Facultatively
anaerobic.
Isolated from bark canker of poplar trees.
Causes bark canker of Populus x euramericana and Populus x interamericana in Hungary, China and Spain.
- Li et al. 2017 Li Y, Xue H, Guo LM, Koltay A, Palacio-Bielsa A, Chang J, Xie S, Yang X. Elevation of three subspecies of Lonsdalea
quercina to species level: Lonsdalea britannica sp. nov., Lonsdalea iberica sp. nov. and Lonsdalea populi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2017; 67:4680-4684.
- Toth T, Lakatos T, Koltay A. Lonsdalea quercina subsp. populi subsp. nov., isolated from bark canker of poplar trees. Int J Syst
Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2309-2313.
Positive results for catalase, citrate utilization, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from amygdalin, N-acetylglucosamine, arbutin,
D-cellobiose, aesculin ferric citrate, D-fructose, D-galactose, gluconate, D-glucose, glycerol, D-mannitol, D-mannose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-ribose, salicin, sucrose, D-trehalose, and raffinose.
Can utilize N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, beta-methyl-D-glucoside,
D-psicose, sucrose, trehalose, pyruvic acid methyl ester, D-gluconic acid, succinic acid, bromosuccinic acid, L-aspartic
acid, glycerol and D-glucose-6-phosphate
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase,
methyl red test, nitrate reduction, oxidase, ornithine decarboxylase, starch hydrolysis, tryptophan deaminase, urease, acid production
from adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, dulcitol, inositol, lactose, maltose, melibiose, turanose, and D-xylose.
No utilization of pyruvic acid methyl-ester, succininc acid mono methyl-ester, L-histidine, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine and L-threonine.
Variable utilization of gentiobiose, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, L-glutamic acid and cellobiose.
(c) Costin Stoica