Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacteriales, Family Morganellaceae, Genus Xenorhabdus,
Xenorhabdus miraniensis Tailliez et al. 2006.
Gram-negative rods.
Maximum growth temperature: 38 ºC in Luria-Bertani broth.
Symbiotically associated with an as-yet-undescribed nematode of the Steinernematidae (Akhurst & Boemare, 1988)
isolated at Mirani in Queensland (Australia).
Undetermined.
- Tailliez P, Pages S, Ginibre N, Boemare N. New insight into diversity in the genus Xenorhabdus, including the description of ten
novel species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2805-2818.
Positive results for citrate utilization, esculin hydrolysis, lecithinase, acid
production from gluconate (weak) , 5-ketogluconate (weak), maltose, ribose, and
trehalose.
Assimilates maltotriose, maltose, citrate, lactate, succinate, D-gluconate, D-malate, fructose, ribose, propionate (weak), cis-aconitate,
D-gluconate, putrescine, L-aspartate, D-alanine, D-glucosamine and tyrosine.
Negative results for DNAse, acid production from inositol and sorbitol.
No assimilation of inositol and histidine.
(c) Costin Stoica