Potentially human pathogen.
Yersinia wautersii
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Yersiniaceae, Genus Yersinia, Yersinia wautersii  
Savin et al. 2014.
Delineated from
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by Multi Locus Sequence Typing.
Gram-negative, coccoid rods.
Small colonies on TSA agar after 24 h of incubation at 28 or 37 ºC.
Isolated from human stools in Korea.
  1. Savin C, Martin L, Bouchier C, Filali S, Chenau J, Zhou Z, Becher F, Fukushima H, Thomson NR, Scholz HC, et al. The Yersinia
    pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:
    452-463.
Positive results for beta-galactosidase, urease, acid production
from: L-arabinose, D-arabitol, arbutin, esculin, D-fructose,D-galactose, D-glucose,
glycerol, D-mannose, D-maltose, D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-trehalose, and D-xylose.

Negative results for citrate utilization, gelatinase, H
2S production, indole production, lysin decarboxylase, ornithin decarboxylase,
tryptophan deaminase, Voges-Proskauer, pyrazinamidase, acid production from amygdalin, D-arabinose, dulcitol, erythritol, inositol,
methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside  methyl-beta-D-mannopyranoside, methyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside, L-sorbose, D-sorbitol, and L-xylose.

Contradictory results for arginine dihydrolase / decaboxylase (admin note).
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