Potentially human pathogen.
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
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.
- 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, H2S 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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