Cosenzaea Giammanco et al. 2011
General information
Description and emendation
Cells are Gram-reaction-negative, straight rods, 0.4-0.8 × 1.0-3.0 µm and motile by means of peritrichous flagella. Grows on solid media producing a thin uniform film. Haemolysis occurs on blood agar. Optimal growth temperature is 37°C. Conforming to the general definition of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Cosenzaea are facultatively anaerobic and chemoorganotrophic, having both respiratory and a fermentative metabolism. Oxidase-negative, catalase-positive. Urea is hydrolysed, indole is not produced. Voges-Proskauer and Simmons citrate tests are positive. Oxidatively deaminates phenylalanine and tryptophan. Lysine and ornithine decarboxylase and arginine dihydrolase are not produced. Tyrosine is not decomposed as is demonstrated by the inability to produce a clearing in agar media supplemented with the insoluble amino acid. Slime is produced at 25°C in trypticase soy broth. Hydrogen sulfide is produced but only after 3-4 days of incubation. Gelatin is hydrolysed at 22°C. Grows on media containing KCN. Malonate is not utilized. Acid is produced from D-glucose, maltose, glycerol and α-methyl-glucoside. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 36.5 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022506080502001 | Cosenzaea myxofaciens | Species | 184072 |