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Bacteria => Proteobacteria => Betaproteobacteria => Burkholderiales => Burkholderiaceae => Burkholderia => Burkholderia
caryophylli Yabuuchi et al. 1993.
Synonyms: Pseudomonas caryophylli Starr and Burkholder 1942, Phytomonas caryophylli Burkholder 1942.
caryophylli Yabuuchi et al. 1993.
Synonyms: Pseudomonas caryophylli Starr and Burkholder 1942, Phytomonas caryophylli Burkholder 1942.
Gram negative rods, 0.8-1.0 μm x 1.6-3.2 μm in diameter.
Aerobic, but can use nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor under anaerobic
conditions. Optimum growth temperature 30 - 33 °C. Grow on media: Trypticase Soy
Agar, Nutrient agar, Sorbitol neutral red agar, Potato dextrose agar.
conditions. Optimum growth temperature 30 - 33 °C. Grow on media: Trypticase Soy
Agar, Nutrient agar, Sorbitol neutral red agar, Potato dextrose agar.
Isolated from Dianthus caryophylli (carnation).
Plant pathogen. Causes carnation’s wilt, stem cracking and progressive rot of stems and roots.
Dianthus barbatus and D. allwoodii can be infected through artificial inoculation.
Dianthus barbatus and D. allwoodii can be infected through artificial inoculation.
- Burkholder W.H.: Three bacterial plant pathogens, Phytomonas caryophylli, sp. n., Phytomonas alliicola sp. n., and
Phytomonas manihoti (Arthaud-Berthet et Bondar) Viegas. Phytopathology, 1942, 32, 141-149. - Starr M.P. & Burkholder W.H.: Lipolytic activity of phytopathogenic bacteria determined by means of spirit blue agar and its
taxonomic significance. Phytopathology, 1942, 32, 598-604. - Yabuuchi E., Kosako Y., Oyaizu H., Yano I., Hotta H., Hashimoto Y., Ezaki T. & Arakawa M.: Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov.
and transfer of seven species of the genus Pseudomonas homology group II to the new genus, with the type species
Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. Microbiol. Immunol., 1992, 36, 1251-1275. - Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 2, part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria . Class II.
Betaproteobacteria, Order I. Burkholderiales, 575-623.
Can utilize n-acetylglucosamine, arabinose, glucosamine, 2- & 5- ketogluconate,
fucose, D-lyxose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sucrose, trehalose, xylose, adonitol,
arabitol, xylitol, aconitate, azelate, citrate, oxalate, propionate, sebacate, beta-alanine,
L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, ornithine, phenilalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine,
valine, betaine, glucose, mannose, mannitol, sorbitol, cysteine & sarcosine.
Cannot utilize amygdalin, lactose, maltose, melibiose, salicin, tagatose, dulcitol,
erythritol, adipate, caprate, caproate, caprylate, citraconate, glutarate, heptanoate, itaconate, levulinate, malonate, mesaconate,
pelargonate, pimelate, tartrate, L-citrulline, glycine, norvaline, butilamine, ethanolamine, histamine, spermine & triptamine.
Arginine dihydrolase, oxidase & denitrification are positive. Lecithinase variable.
Beta-galactosidase, esculin, gelatin & starch hydrolysis are negative.
fucose, D-lyxose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sucrose, trehalose, xylose, adonitol,
arabitol, xylitol, aconitate, azelate, citrate, oxalate, propionate, sebacate, beta-alanine,
L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, ornithine, phenilalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine,
valine, betaine, glucose, mannose, mannitol, sorbitol, cysteine & sarcosine.
Cannot utilize amygdalin, lactose, maltose, melibiose, salicin, tagatose, dulcitol,
erythritol, adipate, caprate, caproate, caprylate, citraconate, glutarate, heptanoate, itaconate, levulinate, malonate, mesaconate,
pelargonate, pimelate, tartrate, L-citrulline, glycine, norvaline, butilamine, ethanolamine, histamine, spermine & triptamine.
Arginine dihydrolase, oxidase & denitrification are positive. Lecithinase variable.
Beta-galactosidase, esculin, gelatin & starch hydrolysis are negative.
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