Pantoea allii
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Pantoea,
Pantoea allii Brady et al. 2011.
Gram-negative, short rods. Non-capsulated. Motile. Non-spore-forming.  
Colonies are yellow, smooth, round and convex with entire margins on nutrient and
tryptone glucose extract agar. Growth occurs at 30-40 ºC, but not at 4 or 44 ºC.  
Facultatively anaerobic.
isolated from onion plant and seed in USA and South Africa, respectively.
Isolated from onion plant exhibiting centre rot symptoms.
  1. Brady CL, Goszczynska T, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, Gitaitis RD, Coutinho TA. Pantoea allii sp. nov., isolated from onion
    plants and seed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:932-937.
Positive results for catalase, citrate utilization, beta-galactosidase, indole production, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production (API 50
CHB/E) from amygdalin, arbutin, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, D-glucose, glycerol,
inositol, lactose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, maltose, N-acetylglucosamine, L-rhamnose, raffinose, D-ribose, salicin, D-sorbitol,
sucrose, trehalose, and D-xylose.
Can utilize D-glucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, trehalose, D-mannose, melibiose, sucrose, raffinose, maltotriose, maltose, lactose,
lactulose, alpha- and beta-galactopyranoside, cellobiose, gentiobiose, 1-O-methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, esculin, D-ribose,
L-arabinose, D-xylose, L-rhamnose, D-arabitol, glycerol, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, adonitol, D-saccharate, mucate,
meso-tartrate, D-malate, l-malate, cis-aconitate, trans-aconitate, citrate, D-glucuronate, D-galacturonate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate,
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-gluconate, protocatechuate, quinate, DL-lactate, succinate, fumarate, DL-glycerate, D-glucosamine,
L-aspartate, L-glutamate, L-proline, D- and L-alanine and L-serine (Biotype 100), dextrin, Tweens 40 and 80, pyruvic acid methyl
ester, acetic acid, bromosuccinic acid, D- and L-alanine, L-asparagine, urocanic acid, thymidine, alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate and
D-glucose 6-phosphate (Biolog GN).

Negative results for gelatinase, H
2S production, lysine decarboxylase, and ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, and urease.
No utilization of L-sorbose, palatinose, L-fucose, melezitose, L-arabitol, xylitol, dulcitol, D-tagatose, maltitol, turanose,
hydroxyquinoline beta-glucuronide, erythritol, L- and D-tartrate, tricarballylate, L-tryptophan, phenylacetate, 4-hydroxybenzoate,
gentisate, 3-hydroxybenzoate, benzoate, 3-phenylpropionate, m-coumarate, trigonelline, betaine, putrescine, 4-aminobutyrate,
histamine, caprate, caprylate, L-histidine, glutarate, 5-aminovalerate, ethanolamine, tryptamine, itaconate, 3-hydroxybutyrate,
propionate and L-tyrosine (Biotype 100), D-galactonic acid lactone, alpha- and beta-hydroxybutyric acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid,
alpha-ketoglutaric acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, malonic acid, sebacic acid, L-alaninamide, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine, D-serine,
L-threonine, 2-aminoethanol and 2,3-butanediol (Biolog GN).
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