| Photorhabdus caribbeanensis |
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacteriales, Family Morganellaceae, Genus Photorhabdus,
Photorhabdus caribbeanensis (Tailliez et al. 2010) Machado et al. 2018.
Basonym: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis Tailliez et al. 2010.
Photorhabdus caribbeanensis (Tailliez et al. 2010) Machado et al. 2018.
Basonym: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis Tailliez et al. 2010.
Gram-negative rods.
Maximum temperature for growth is 38-39 ºC in Luria-Bertani broth. Luminescence is
produced. One of the two described strains produces a pink pigment; the other is not
pigmented.
produced. One of the two described strains produces a pink pigment; the other is not
pigmented.
Isolated from the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.
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. - Tailliez P, Laroui C, Ginibre N, Paule A, Pages S, Boemare N. Phylogeny of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus based on universally
conserved protein-coding sequences and implications for the taxonomy of these two genera. Proposal of new taxa: X. vietnamensis
sp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. hainanensis subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp.
khanii subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp. tasmaniensis subsp. nov., and the reclassification of P. luminescens subsp. thracensis as
P. temperata subsp. thracensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1921-1937. - Glaeser SP, Tobias NJ, Thanwisai A, Chantratita N, Bode HB, Kampfer P. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. namnaonensis
subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis baujardi nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1046-1051..
Positive results for citrate utilization (Simmons), DNase (weak), esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, urease, acid production from
esculin, fructose, L-fucose, glycerol, glucose, inositol, maltose, mannose, mannitol (weak), N-acetylglucosamine and ribose.
Can assimilate citrate, L-malate, gluconate, inositol, mannitol, and trehalose.
Negative results for lecithinase activiity, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from adonitol, salicin, sorbitol, and xylitol.
No assimilation of N-acetylglucosamine, and xylitol.
Variable results for arginine dihydrolase, indole production, acid production from 5-ketogluconae and trehalose.
Variable assimilation of caprate, esculin, and L-fucose.
esculin, fructose, L-fucose, glycerol, glucose, inositol, maltose, mannose, mannitol (weak), N-acetylglucosamine and ribose.
Can assimilate citrate, L-malate, gluconate, inositol, mannitol, and trehalose.
Negative results for lecithinase activiity, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from adonitol, salicin, sorbitol, and xylitol.
No assimilation of N-acetylglucosamine, and xylitol.
Variable results for arginine dihydrolase, indole production, acid production from 5-ketogluconae and trehalose.
Variable assimilation of caprate, esculin, and L-fucose.
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