Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus Pectobacterium,
Pectobacterium polonicum Waleron et al. 2019.
Gram-negative rods.
Grows at 37 ºC and tolerates medium salinity up to 4% NaCl. Pectinolytic, producing
pits on crystal violet pectate (CVP) medium.
Isolated groundwater from a vegetable field in Poland.
Sensitive to ampicillin, tetracycline, gentamicin, kanamycin, streptomycin and erythromycin. Resistant to 1 % sodium lactate, rifamycin
SV, troleandomycin, lincomycin, guanidine HCl, niaproof 4, vancomycin, tetrazolium violet, tetrazolium blue, potassium tellurite and
sodium butyrate.
Undetermined.
- Waleron M, Misztak A, Waleron M, Jonca J, Furmaniak M, Waleron K. Pectobacterium polonicum sp. nov. isolated from vegetable
fields. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1751-1759.
Positive results for alpha- and beta-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, ornithine
decarboxylase, beta-xylosidase, acid production from glucose, lactose, mannitol, melibiose, sucrose, and D-xylose.
Can utilize cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, rhamnose, stachyose, lactose, melibiose, methyl beta-D-glucoside,
D-salicin, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, alpha-D-glucose, D-mannose, D-fructose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, D-mannitol, myo-inositol,
glycerol, Tween 40, methyl pyruvate, D-glucose-6-phosphate, D-fructose-6-phosphate, D-aspartic acid, L-aspartic acid,
bromosuccinic acid, D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid, L-galactonic acid lactone, L-lactic acid, L-malic acid, mucic acid,
D-saccharic acid, L-serine, citric acid and pectin.
Negative results for beta-glucuronidase, lysine decarboxylase, arginine, proline leucine and gamma-glutamylaminopeptidase,
oxidase, phosphatase, typtophanase, urease, acid production from alpha-methyl-glucoside, maltose, raffinose, sorbitol and
trehalose.
No utilization of dextrin, maltose, turanose, N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl neuraminic acid,
D-fucose, L-fucose, 3-methyl glucose, D-sorbitol, D-arabitol, inosine, L-histidine, D-serine, gelatin, glycyl-L-proline, L-alanine,
L-arginine, D-glucuronic acid, glucuronamide, L-pyroglutamic acid, phydroxyphenylacetic acid, quinic acid, acetoacetic acid, D-lactic
acid methyl ester, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, D-malic acid, gaminobutyric acid, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxy-D,L-butyric acid,
alpha-ketobutyric acid and propionic acid.
Variable results for the fermentation of mannose and rhamnose.
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