Guggenheimella bovis Wyss et al. 2005
General information
Name
Guggenheimella bovis
Valid publication
2005
Nomenclature type
CIP 108087;DSM 15657
;OMZ 913
Etymology
L. gen. n. <i>bovis</i>, of a cow, referring to the source of isolation.
Ecology
Source
isolated from heifers with dermatitis digitalis in Switzerland.
Morphology
Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, short to coccoid rods (0.4 × 0.5-1.5 µm). Growth on OMIZ-Pat agar or on Columbia blood agar in GasPak jars yields shiny, white-opaque colonies, approx. 0.5 mm in diameter, within 7-10 days at 37°C.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod; coccus | 0.5-1.5 | 0.4 |
motility |
---|
+ |
Physiology
Oxygen requirement
obligately anaerobic
Gram
staining |
---|
positive |
Growth PH
optimum |
---|
7.5-8.0 |
range |
---|
6.5-9.0 |
C/N source
negative results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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D-arabinose | D-melibiose | D-ribose | starch | L-fucose | D-maltose | L-arabinose | D-fucose | D-fructose | L-rhamnose | D-galacturonate | D-glucose | D-trehalose | D-mannitol | glycogen | L-sorbose | D-galactose | D-xylose | D-glucuronate | D-sucrose | D-lactose | L-xylose | D-mannose | D-cellobiose |
Antibiotic
resistance | |||
---|---|---|---|
nalidixic_acid | rifampicin | polymyxin | fosfomycin |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
C18:1 9c | 21.4 |
C18:0 | 16.3 |
C16:0 | 35.5 |
C18:2 9,12c | 18.0 |
Cellwall aa
L-ornithine;D-aspartate
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
acetyl β-glucosaminidase | - |
lipase C14 | - |
trypsin | - |
valine arylamidase | - |
α-fucosidase | - |
α-galactosidase | - |
α-glucosidase | - |
α-mannosidase | - |
β-galactosidase | - |
β-glucosidase | - |
β-glucuronidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
References
1
Wyss, C., Dewhirst, F.E., Paster, B.J., Thurnheer, T., and Luginbuhl, A. Guggenheimella bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lesions of bovine dermatitis digitalis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:667-671.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63116-0]
[PMID:15774641]