Genus Yokenella (Koserella)
Taxonomy
Morphology
Growth conditions
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Enterobacteriales => Enterobacteriaceae => Yokenella (Koserella) => Yokenella
regensburgei
Kosako et al. 1985 (synonym: Koserella trabulsii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985)
Gram negative, rods.
Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 28-37 °C.
Nutrient Agar or Nutrient Broth
Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood
Isolated from water, human clinical specimens (stools, knee fluid, wounds), animals (sheep intestine) and insects.
Unknown pathogenicity. May be associated with bacteremia & wound infections.
  1. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed., 1994;
  2. Kosako Y., Sakazaki R. & Yoshizaki E.: Yokenella regensburgei gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new genus and species in the family
    Enterobacteriaceae. Jpn. J. Med. Sci. Biol., 1984, 37, 117-124 (VALIDATION LIST N° 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-
    225).
  3. Kosako Y., Sakazaki R., Huntley-Carter G.P. & Farmer III J.J.: Yokenella regensburgei and Koserella trabulsii are subjective
    synonyms. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 127-129
  4. Hickman-Brenner F.W., Huntley-Carter G.P., Richard G.: Koserella trabulsii, a new genus and species of Enterobacteriaceae
    formerly known as Enteric Group 45. Journal of Clinical Bacteriology, Jan. 1985, p. 39-42.
Lactose negative, indole negative, motile.
See table at the end.

 

Pigment

Catalase

Oxidase

Lactose

ONPG

Arginine dihydrolase

Lysine decarboxylase

Yokenella regensburgei (Koserella trabulsii)

-

+

-

-

+

-

+

 

Ornithine decarboxylase

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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