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Taxonomy
Morphology
Growth conditions
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Enterobacteriales => Enterobacteriaceae => Moelerella => Moellerella wisconsensis -
type species of the genus, Hickman-Brenner et al. 1984.
type species of the genus, Hickman-Brenner et al. 1984.
Gram negative, straight rods, colonies resemble Escherichia coli. Non-motile.
No special growth requirements. Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 30 - 37 °
C. Grow on media:
C. Grow on media:
- Nutrient agar or nutrient broth;
- Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood;
- MacConkey agar – red colonies;
- Drigalski.
Isolated from human feces.
Unclear significance. Moellerella wisconsensis has been associated with diarrhoea. Also, was isolated from an infected human
gallbladder.
gallbladder.
- Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed., 1994;
- Hickman-Brenner F.W., Huntley-Carter G.P., Saitoh Y., Steigerwalt A.G., Farmer III J.J. & Brenner D.J.: Moellerella
wisconsensis, a new genus and species of Enterobacteriaceae found in human stool specimens. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1984,
19, 460-463.
See table at the end.
(c) Costin Stoica
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Pigment |
Catalase |
Oxidase |
Lactose |
ONPG |
Arginine dihydrolase |
Lysine decarboxylase |
Ornithine decarboxylase |
|
Moellerella
wisconsensis |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
|
Indole production |
Citrate utilization |
Hydrogen sulfide |
Urea hydrolysis |
Voges-Proskauer |
Phenilalanine |
Motility |
Gelatinase |
Growth on KCN media |
|
- |
[+] |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
= |
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Malonate |
Glucose |
Gas from glucose |
D-Mannitol |
Inositol |
D-Sorbitol |
L-Rhamnose |
Sucrose (Sacharose) |
Melibiose |
|
- |
+ |
- |
= |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
L-Arabinose |
Nitrate reduction |
Cellobiose |
Dulcitol |
Glycerol |
Maltose |
D-Mannose |
Alfa-Methyl-D-Glucoside |
Raffinose |
Salicin |
|
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
= |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
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Trehalose |
D-Xylose |
Mucate |
Tartrate ( |
Esculin hydrolysis |
Acetate utilization |
Deoxyribonuclease |
Lipase |
Mehyl red |
D-Adonitol |
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- |
- |
- |
= |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
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