| Photorhabdus bodei |
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacteriales, Family Morganellaceae, Genus Photorhabdus,
Photorhabdus bodei Machado et al. 2018.
Photorhabdus bodei Machado et al. 2018.
Gram-negative rods.
Colonies on nutrient agar are orange or yellowish, mucoid and luminescent.
Temperature for growth range 12-37 ºC. Haemolysis is present.
Temperature for growth range 12-37 ºC. Haemolysis is present.
Isolated from Heterorhabditis beicherriana LJ24-63 nematodes collected from the Liaoning province, China.
Undetermined.
- Machado RAR, Wuthrich D, Kuhnert P, Arce CCM, Thonen L, Ruiz C, Zhang X, Robert CAM, Karimi J, Kamali S, et al. Whole-
genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species
level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii
subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2664-2681.
Positive results for catalase, citrate utilization, gelatin hydrolysis, indole production, tryptophan deaminase, acid production from D-
fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, inositol, D-mannose, maltose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-ribose, salicin, and D-trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, nitrate reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase,
ONPG, Voges-Proskauer, urease, acid production from D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, amygdalin, arbutin, D- and L-arabitol,
cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin ferric citrate, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentibiose, glycogen, gluconate, 2- and 5-
ketogluconate, inulin, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoopyranoside, lactose, D-lyxose, melibiose, melezitose,
D-mannitol, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, D-sucrose, starch, D-tagatose, turanose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside,
xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, inositol, D-mannose, maltose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-ribose, salicin, and D-trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, nitrate reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase,
ONPG, Voges-Proskauer, urease, acid production from D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, amygdalin, arbutin, D- and L-arabitol,
cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin ferric citrate, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentibiose, glycogen, gluconate, 2- and 5-
ketogluconate, inulin, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoopyranoside, lactose, D-lyxose, melibiose, melezitose,
D-mannitol, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, D-sucrose, starch, D-tagatose, turanose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside,
xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
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