Photobacterium rosenbergii
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Vibrionales => Vibrionaceae => Photobacterium => Photobacterium rosenbergii
Thompson, Thompson, Naser, Hoste, Vandemeulebroecke, Munn, Bourne and Swings, 2005.
Gram negative, 2-4 x 1-2 μm, motile.
Colonies are convex, round, beige , opaque, 1 cm in diameter (2 days / 28 °C, on
TSA), with entire and smooth margins; yellow colonies with raised margins on TCBS.
Grow on tryptone soy agar ( TSA) Oxoid supplemented with 2% NaCl and on
thiosulphate/citrate/bile salts/sucrose (TCBS) Difco. Is unable to grow in the absence
of Na+. Grow in marine broth with 2 - 6% NaCl.
Optimum growth temperature 20-30 °C, no growth is observed at 4 or 40 °C.
Isolated from different species of bleached and healthy corals (Pachyseris speciosa, Merulina ampliata, Barabattoia amicorum) from
Magnetic Island (Australia).
Resistant to O/129, fusidic acid & streptomycin.
Unknown (none).
- Thompson, F. L., Thompson, C. C., Naser, S., Hoste, B., Vandemeulebroecke, K., Munn, C., Bourne, D., Swings, J.
Photobacterium rosenbergii sp. nov. and Enterovibrio coralii sp. nov., vibrios associated with coral bleaching. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2005 55: 913-917.
Positive results for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, alkaline
phosphatase, esterase, esterase lipase, leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, acid
phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase,
oxidase, fermentation of: glucose, D-mannitol, sucrose, melibiose & amygdalin.
Can utilize dextrin, glycogen, Tweens 40 and 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, alpha-D-glucose,
maltose,
D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melibiose, D-raffinose, methyl beta-D-glucoside, psicose, sucrose, D-trehalose, methyl pyruvate,
monomethyl succinate, acetic acid, cis-aconitic acid, citric acid, formic acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid,
alpha-ketoglutaric acid, DL-lactic acid, propionic acid, succinic acid, bromosuccinic acid, alaninamide, D-alanine, L-alanine, L-alanyl
glycine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, glycyl L-aspartic acid, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, L-ornithine, L-serine,
L-threonine, inosine, uridine, thymidine, glycerol, DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate & glucose 6-phosphate.
Negative results for acetoin production , indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, urease, tryptophan
deaminase, gelatinase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, beta-glucuronidase, beta-glucosidase,
alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, fermentation of: sorbitol & arabinose.
Does not utilize adonitol, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, alpha-D-lactose lactulose, xylitol, D-galactonic acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid,
itaconic acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, malonic acid, D-saccharic acid, sebacic acid, hydroxy-Lproline, L-leucine, D-serine, DL-carnitine,
c-aminobutyric acid, urocanic acid, phenylethylamine, 2-aminoethanol & 2,3-butanediol.
Variable results for lipase, alpha-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, fermentation of L-rhamnose and inositol, utilization of
alpha-cyclodextrin, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, i-erythritol, L-fucose, gentiobiose, myo-inositol, alpha-lactose, D-raffinose,
L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, turanose, D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid, alpha-hydroxybutyric
acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, quinic acid, succinamic acid, glucuronamide, L-phenylalanine, L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid &
putrescine.

(c) Costin Stoica