Taxonomy
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Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Alcaligenaceae, Genus Verticiella, Verticiella
sediminum Vandamme 2016, type species of the genus.
Old synonyms: Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014, Verticia sediminum
(Zhang et al. 2014) Vandamme et al. 2015.
Gram-negative rods, 0.2-0.3 x 0.8-1.2 μm, occuring single, in pairs. Motile by single
subpolar or lateral flagellum.
Colonies are cream, circular,1.0-1.5 mm in diameter, convex, opaque with entire
margins after growth on NA for 3 days at 28 ºC. Growth occurs at 4-42 ºC (optimum 28
ºC). Grows in 0-5% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0-2%) and pH 5.0-8.0 (optimum pH 7.0).
Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from deep-sea sediment of the South Pacific Gyre.
Undetermined.
- Zhang, Z., Fan, X., Gao, X. and Zhang, X.-H. 2014. Achromobacter sediminum sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment
of South Pacific Gyre. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2244-2249.
- Euzeby, J.P. (1997). List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a Folder Available on the Internet. International
Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47, 590-592; doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, alpha-chymotrypsin (weak reaction), esterase
(C4), esterase lipase (C8) (weak reaction), leucine arylamidase, naphthol-ASBI-phosphohydrolase, oxidase, Tween 20 and 40
hydrolysis, urease, valine arylamidase (weak reaction), Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from D- and L-arabitol, glycerol,
erythritol, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-adonitol, D-fructose, D-fucose, gentibiose, D-glucose, D-mannose, inositol, D-sorbitol, melibiose,
sucrose and xylitol.
Assimilates citric acid. Oxidize in Biolog GN2: citric acid, formic acid, alpha- beta- and gamma -hydroxybutyric acid,
p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, DL-lactic acid, propionic acid,
sebacic acid, succinic acid, succinamic acid, L-alaninamide, D-alanine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine,
L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid and L-threonine.
Negative results for casein hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase, DNase, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-glucuronidase, alpha-
and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, H2S production, indole production, lipase
(C14), lysine decarboxylase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, starch hydrolysis, tryptophan
deaminase, trypsin, Tween 80 hydrolysis, acid production from D-arabinose, D- and L-xylose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside,
D-galactose, L-sorbose, L-rhamnose, dulcitol, D-mannitol, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside,
N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, aesculin, salicin, cellobiose, maltose, lactose, trehalose, inulin, melezitose, raffinose,
starch, glycogen, turanose, D-lyxose, D-tagatose, L-fucose, potassium gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate.
Not oxidized: alpha-cyclodextrin, dextrin, glycogen, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, adonitol, L-arabinose,
D-arabitol, cellobiose, i-erythritol, D-fructose, L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, myoinositol, alpha-lactose, lactulose, maltose,
D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, methyl beta-D-glucoside, D-psicose, raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose,
turanose, xylitol, D-galactonic acid lactone, D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid, itaconic
acid, malonic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, bromosuccinic acid, glucuronamide, L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine,
glycyl- L-aspartic acid, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, hydroxy-L-proline, L-ornithine, D- and L-serine, DL-carnitine,
gamma-aminobutyric acid, urocanic acid, inosine, uridine, thymidine, phenyethylamine, putrescine, 2-aminoethanol, 2,3-butanediol,
glycerol, alpha-DL-glycerol phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate.
(c) Costin Stoica