Genus Tatumella
Taxonomy
Morphology
Growth conditions
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Enterobacteriales => Enterobacteriaceae => Tatumella => Tatumella ptyseos - type
species of the genus, Hollis et al. 1982
Gram negative rods. Non-motile.
Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 37 °C.
Nutrient Agar or Nutrient Broth
Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood
Isolated from human & animal clinical specimens, respiratory tract & sputum, rarely from blood.
Rare opportunistic pathogen. Causes infection usually in patients with low immunity
(associated with diabetes and tuberculosis). May be associated with bacteremia and
urinary tract infections. Newborn and old organisms are more susceptible.
  1. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed., 1994;
  2. Berkta M., Uzun K., Bozkurt H., Kurto lu M.G., Güdücüo lu H., Ayd nS.: Pulmonary Infection of Tatumella ptyseos developed on
    the background of pulmonary tuberculosis. Eastern Journal of Medicine 6 (1): 33-34, 2001.
  3. Hollis D.G., Hickman F.W., Fanning G.R., Farmer III J.J., Weaver R.E. & Brenner D.J.: Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a
    member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1981, 14, 79-88.
See table at the end.
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Pigment

Catalase

Oxidase

Lactose

ONPG

Arginine dihydrolase

Lysine decarboxylase

Ornithine decarboxylase

Tatumella ptyseos

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Indole production

Citrate utilization

Hydrogen sulfide

Urea hydrolysis

Voges-Proskauer

Phenilalanine

Motility

Gelatinase

Growth on KCN media

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

Trehalose

D-Xylose

-

-

-

-

+

-

[-]

=

+

-

 

Mucate

Tartrate (Jordans)

Esculin hydrolysis

Acetate utilization

Deoxyribonuclease

Lipase

Mehyl red

D-Adonitol

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
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