Dickeya Samson et al. 2005
General information
Name
Dickeya
Valid publication
2005
Nomenclature type
Dickeya chrysanthemi
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Dickeya</i>, after the American phytopathologist Robert S. Dickey, for his contribution to research on the <i>Erwinia</i> <i>chrysantemi</i> complex.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-negative rods, 0.5-1.0 × 1.0-3.0 μm with rounded ends. They occur mostly alone or in pairs, but sometimes in chains. Cells are usually motile by means of peritrichous flagella. Facultatively aero-/anaerobic bacteria that catabolize glucose by a fermentative pathway and reduce nitrates to nitrites. Pectinolytic, produce indole and grow at 36°C. Catabolize (+)-L-arabinose, myo-inositol, (+)-D-malate, malonate, D-mannose, mucate, saccharate and meso-tartrate, but do not catabolize (+)-D-trehalose, methyl α-glucoside, (+)-D-arabitol or sorbitol. Cause vascular wilts or soft rots on a range of host plants. G+C contents of the genus range from 56.4 to 59.5 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022506080602003 | Dickeya aquatica | Species | 1401087 |
M022506080602001 | Dickeya chrysanthemi | Species | 556 |
M022506080602004 | Dickeya dadantii | Species | 204038 |
M022506080602005 | Dickeya dianthicola | Species | 204039 |
M022506080602006 | Dickeya fangzhongdai | Species | 1778540 |
M022506080602002 | Dickeya lacustris | Species | 2259638 |
M022506080602007 | Dickeya paradisiaca | Species | 69223 |
M022506080602008 | Dickeya solani | Species | 1089444 |
M022506080602009 | Dickeya zeae | Species | 204042 |
References
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Samson, R., Legendre, J.B., Christen, R., Fischer-Le Saux, M., Achouak, W., and Gardan, L. Transfer of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi Brenner et al. 1973 and Brenneria paradisiaca to the genus Dickeya gen. nov. as Dickeya chrysanthemi comb. nov. and Dickeya paradisiaca comb. nov. and delineation of four novel species, Dickeya dadantii sp. nov., Dickeya dianthicola sp. nov., Dickeya dieffenbachiae sp. nov. and Dickeya zeae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:1415-1427.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.02791-0]
[PMID:16014461]