Serratia inhibens
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Phylum Bacteroidota, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Yersiniaceae, Genus Serratia, Serratia inhibens
Hennessy et al. 2020.
Gram-negative rods, 0.8-1.0 x 1-2 μm. Motile by flagella. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on LBA are pale pink, circular, convex and slightly mucoid in consistency.
Growth occurs at 10-37 ºC, optimally at 25-30 ºC. Grows at pH 6-9 (optimally at pH 6-7
and in the presence of 0-3% (w/v) NaCl. Facultatively anaerobic.
The type strain was isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum) rhizosphere from Gershoej, Denmark.
Undetermined.
  1. Hennessy RC, Dichmann SI, Martens HJ, Zervas A, Stougaard P. Serratia inhibens sp. nov., a new antifungal species isolated
    from potato (Solanum tuberosum). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4204-4211.
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Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, alkaline phosphatase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, citrate utilization, tryptophan
deaminase, gelatinase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from: abutin, aesculin ferric acid, cellobiose, gentiobiose,
5-ketogluconate, lactose (bovine origin), L-rhamnose, and salicin.
Can utilize: glycerol, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, inositol, D-mannitol, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, melibiose, sucrose, trehalose, melezitose, raffinose, turanose, L-rhamnose,
arbutin, aesculin ferric acid, salicin, cellobiose, lactose, gentiobiose, potassium gluconate and potassium 5-ketogluconate.

Negative results for acid phosphatase, cysteine arylamidase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), alpha-fucosidase,
alpha-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, H
2S production, indole production, lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase,
lysine decarboxylase, alpha-mannosidase, ornithine decarboxylase, valine arylamidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, urease, acid
production from: amygdalin, D-arabinose, D- and L-fucose, 2-ketogluconate, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, L-sorbose, D-sorbitol,
and starch.
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