Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Zhihengliuella, Zhihengliuella
flava Hamada et al. 2013.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cells 0.4-0.5 x 1.0-2.0 µm. Cells in older cultures tend to be shorter
and coccoid. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming. Rod-coccus life cycle is not observed.
Colonies are circular, smooth and pale yellow. Growth occurs at 10-37 ºC (optimum
25 ºC) and pH 6.0-11.0 (optimum pH 7.0-8.0), and in 0-10% (w/v) NaCl. Facultatively
anaerobic.
Isolated from a sea sediment sample collected from Tomiura Beach on the coast of Tokyo Bay, Chiba, Japan.
Undetermined.
- Hamada M, Shibata C, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Zhihengliuella flava sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea sediment, and
emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4760-4764.
Positive results for catalase, chymotrypsin (weak), esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase,
alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase (weak), leucine arylamidase, phosphohydrolase (weak), pyrrolidonyl arylamidase (weak), acid
production from cellobiose, D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, maltose, D-mannitol, melibiose, L-rhamnose, sucrose and D-turanose.
Negative results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, lipase (C14), alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, oxidase, pyrazinamidase,
trypsin, urease, valine arylamidase, acid production from N-acetylglucosamine, D-adonitol, L- and D-arabinose, arbutin, dulcitol,
erythritol, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, gluconate, inositol, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, D-lyxose, D-melezitose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, D-raffinose, D-ribose, L-sorbose, starch, D-sorbitol, trehalose, D-tagatose,
D- and L-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica