Saccharedens versatilis
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Alcaligenaceae, Genus Saccharedens,
Saccharedens versatilis Lin et al. 2017, type species of the genus.
Gram-negative rods, 0.3-0.4 x 0.8-1.6 μm. Motile.
Colonies on TSA are pale white. Grows on brain heart infusion agar, blood agar
(non-haemolytic), and on solid and in liquid trypticase soy medium at pH 4.0-8.0
(optimum 7.0-7.5), with 0-2% (w/v) NaCl, at 23-47 ºC (optimum at 40 ºC), and under
atmosphere of 0-20% O
2 with 0-1% CO2 (optimum 20% O2 with 1% CO2). Obligate
aerobic.
Isolated from the gut of the arboreal ant Cephalotes rohweri, collected from Tucson, AZ, USA.
Resistant to rifamycin SV, lincomycin, vancomycin, nalidixic acid and aztreonam.
Undetermined.
  1. Lin, J. Y., Hobson, W. J. and Wertz, J. T. 2017. Saccharedens versatilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-degrading member of the
    Burkholderiales isolated from Cephalotes rohweri ant guts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 447-453.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, esterase lipase (C8), leucine
arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase & oxidase.
Can utilize: adonitol, D-arabitol, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, 3-methyl glucose, D-fucose, myo-inositol, D-mannose, glycerol,
acetic acid, citric acid, D-gluconic acid, DL-lactic acid, L-glutamic acid, glucuronamide, potassium gluconate, proline, D-serine,
alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, D-glucose 6-phosphate & D-fructose 6-phosphate.

Negative results for catalase, cysteine arylamidase, esterase (C4), alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, lipase (C14), alpha-mannosidase, trypsin,
alpha-chymotrypsin, urease & valine arylamidase.
No utilization of: sucrose, cellobiose, raffinose, melibiose, L-fucose, alpha-D-lactose, lactulose, xylitol, pectin, formic acid,
propionic acid, L-alanine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, acetic acid (contradiction!), L-histidine, L-leucine & DL-carnitine.
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