Kluyvera ascorbata Farmer et al. 1981
General information
Name
Kluyvera ascorbata
Valid publication
1981
Effective publication
1981
Nomenclature type
ATCC 33433
;BCRC 14812
;CCUG 15716
;CDC 0648-74;CECT 861;CIP 82.95;CNCTC 5001;CUETM 81-54;CUETM 81.54;DSM 4611
;GIFU 10603;IAM 14203;JCM 21070
;LMG 7871
;NBRC 102466
;VTT E-981078
Etymology
N.L. fem. adj. <i>ascorbata</i>, pertaining to ascorbate.
Ecology
Source
isolated from human sputum.
Morphology
Cells are small rods (0.5-0.7 × 2-3 µm). Motile with peritrichous flagella.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 2-3 | 0.5-0.7 |
flagellum | arrangement |
---|---|
+ | peritrichous |
Physiology
Oxygen requirement
facultatively anaerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
56.1-56.6 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
C/N source
positive results | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aesculin | malonate | citrate | melibiose | mucate | sucrose | cellobiose | raffinose | salicine | maltose | L-arabinose | L-rhamnose | trehalose | D-mannitol | D-galactose | D-xylose | D-mannose | lactose |
negative results | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
urea | myo-inositol | gelatin | dulcitol | D-arabitol | phenylalanine | erythritol | adonitol |
Antibiotic
sensitivity | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kanamycin | oxytetracycline | chloramfenicol | gentamicin | colistin | sulfadiazine | tetracycline | nalidixic_acid | streptomycin |
resistance |
---|
carbenicillin |
Biochemistry
Citrate utl
+
Gelatin hyd
-
Indole pdu
+
Metyl red
+
Nitrate rdc
+
Vp test
-
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
arginine dihydrolase | - |
catalase | + |
ornithine decarboxylase | + |
oxidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
Genomics
Submitter date: 2014/07/28 00:00 Update date: 2014/12/24 00:00
Source
UW-GEL
Coverage
9
Assembly status
Contig
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Farmer, J.J. 3rd, Fanning, G.R., Huntley-Carter, G.P., Holmes, B., Hickman, F.W., Richard, C., and Brenner, D.J. Kluyvera, a new (redefined) genus in the family Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Kluyvera ascorbata sp. nov. and Kluyvera cryocrescens sp. nov. in clinical specimens. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1981) 13:919-933.[PMID:7240403]
[PMCID:PMC273917]
2
Validation List No. 7. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1981) 31:382-383.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-31-3-382]