Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Alcaligenaceae, Genus Achromobacter,
Achromobacter deleyi Vandamme et al. 2016.
Gram-negative rods, 0.4-0.7 x 0.9-1.5 µm. Motile.
Colonies are low convex, translucent and non-pigmented, with smooth margins and
1-1.5 mm in diameter after 48h incubation on trypticase soy agar at 28 ºC. Grows on,
blood agar, Drigalsky agar, and acetamide. Variable growth on cetrimide agar.
Nonhaemolytic. Some strains can grow in 3% and 4.5% NaCl, not in 6% NaCl. No
growth at 42 ºC. No fluorescence on King’s B medium.
Isolated from soil samples.
Undetermined.
- Vandamme, P. A., Peeters, C., Inganas, E., Cnockaert, M., Houf, K., Spilker, T., Moore, E. R. B. and Lipuma, J. J. 2016. Taxonomic
dissection of Achromobacter denitrificans Coenye et al. 2003 and proposal of Achromobacter agilis sp. nov., nom. rev.,
Achromobacter pestifer sp. nov., nom. rev., Achromobacter kerstersii sp. nov. and Achromobacter deleyi sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
Microbiol., 66, 3708-3717.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase (most strains), catalase, C4 lipase (most strains), nitrate reduction and
oxidase.
Assimilate adipate (most strains), caprate (most strains), D-gluconate, L-malate, citrate, phenylacetate, D-lactate and lactate +
methionine.
Negative results for amylase, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-glucosidase, DNase, H2S production,
indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, urease, ONPG beta-galactosidase, nitrite reduction, denitrification,
phosphoamidase (most strains), acid production from glucose.
No assimilation of: L-arabinose, D-mannose, N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, trehalose, L-arginine, DL-norleucine, D-mannitol,
sucrose, adonitol, D-xylose, D-fructose and D-glucose.
(c) Costin Stoica