Positive results for catalase, ONPG, esculin hydrolysis, citrate utilization, acid production from fructose, glucose, mannitol, glycerol,
maltose, D-mannose, ribose, salicin and trehalose.
Negative results for oxidase, indole production, H2S production, phenylalanine deaminase and acid production from mucate
maltose, D-mannose, ribose, salicin and trehalose.
Negative results for oxidase, indole production, H2S production, phenylalanine deaminase and acid production from mucate
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Phylum Bacteroidota, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Yersiniaceae, Genus Serratia, Serratia grimesii
Grimont et al. 1983.
Grimont et al. 1983.
Gram-negative, straight rods, 0.5-0.8 x 0.9-2.0 μm, non-sporulated. Some strains are
capsulated. Motile by peritrichous flagella.
capsulated. Motile by peritrichous flagella.
Colonies are 1 to 3 mm in diameter, circular, shiny, opaque, cream-white and smooth
with an entire margin. Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 20-35 ºC (range
may vary from 10 to 40 ºC).
with an entire margin. Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 20-35 ºC (range
may vary from 10 to 40 ºC).
Isolated from the natural environment and from human clinical specimens.
Undetermined.
- J. G. Holt et al., 1994. Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods. Subgroup 1. Family Enterobacteriaceae. In: Begey’s Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 9th-edition, Williams & Wilkins, pp 175-189. - Don J. Brenner and J.J. Farmer III, 2001. Family I. Enterobacteriaceae. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second
edition, Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp 587-897. - Grimont P.A.D., Grimont F. & Irino K.: Biochemical characterization of Serratia liquefaciens sensu stricto, Serratia proteamaculans,
and Serratia grimesii sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol., 1982, 7, 69-74. - Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for
Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov.,
Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
2016; 66:5575-5599.
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Legend: + positive 90-100%, - negative 90-100%, [+] positive 75-89%, [-] negative 75-89%, d positive 25-74% of strains, nd - not determined,
ADH - arginine dihydrolase, LDC -lysine decarboxylase, ODC - ornithine decarboxylase, * S glossinae is not included in ABIS database
ADH - arginine dihydrolase, LDC -lysine decarboxylase, ODC - ornithine decarboxylase, * S glossinae is not included in ABIS database
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