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
| Serratia liquefaciens |
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Phylum Bacteroidota, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Yersiniaceae, Genus Serratia, Serratia liquefaciens
(Grimes and Hennerty 1931) Bascomb et al. 1971.
Basonym: Aerobacter liquefaciens Grimes and Hennerty 1931.
(Grimes and Hennerty 1931) Bascomb et al. 1971.
Basonym: Aerobacter liquefaciens Grimes and Hennerty 1931.
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. Prodigiosin is not produced. Facultatively anaerobic, growth
temperature 20-35 ºC (range may vary from 10 to 40 ºC). For S. plymuthica many tests
that are positive at 28-35 ºC give negative results at 37 ºC. Doesn't require growth
factors.
with an entire margin. Prodigiosin is not produced. Facultatively anaerobic, growth
temperature 20-35 ºC (range may vary from 10 to 40 ºC). For S. plymuthica many tests
that are positive at 28-35 ºC give negative results at 37 ºC. Doesn't require growth
factors.
Isolated environment (plants, digestive tract of rodents).
Occasionally encountered as an opportunistic pathogen.
- 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. - 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. - Bascomb S., Lapage S.P., Willcox W.R. & Curtis M.A.: Numerical classification of the tribe Klebsielleae. Journal of General
Microbiology, 1971, 66, 279-295. - Grimont P.A.D., Grimont F. & Starr M.P.: Serratia proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield) comb. nov., a senior heterotypic synonym
of Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty) Bascomb et al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1978, 28, 503-510. - 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. - 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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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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