Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Enterobacteriaceae,
Genus Buttiauxella, species:
- Buttiauxella agrestis Ferragut et al. 1982 - type species of the genus,
- Buttiauxella brennerae Muller et al. 1996,
- Buttiauxella ferragutiae Muller et al. 1996,
- Buttiauxella gaviniae Muller et al. 1996,
- Buttiauxella izardii Muller et al. 1996,
- Buttiauxella noackiae Muller et al. 1996,
- Buttiauxella warmboldiae Muller et al. 1996.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-0.7 x 2-3 μm, motile at 36 ºC by peritrichous flagella.
Incubation temperature 30-37 ºC. Psychrotolerant, growing (slowly) at 4 ºC, but not at
41 ºC. Facultatively anaerobic. Grow on usual media: Tryptone–Soy agar, Sheep-
blood agar, Nutrient agar.
Isolated from surface waters, soil, intestine of snails & some human samples, also in raw milk, cheese, and the intestinal tract of trout.
Unknown, may be pathogenic for snails. B. agrestis and B. noackiae were associated with human infections (appendicitis, wound
infections).
- J. G. Holt et al., 1994. Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods. Subgroup 1. Family Enterobacteriaceae. In: Begey’s Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 9th-edition, Williams & Wilkins, pp 175-189.
- Don J. Brenner and J.J. Farmer III, 2001. Family I. Enterobacteriaceae. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second
edition, Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp 587-897.
- Müller, H.E., Brenner, D.J., Fanning, G.R., Grimont, P.A.D., Kampfer, P. 1996 Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46 : 50-63, Emended description
of Buttiauxella agrestis with recognition of six new species of Buttiauxella and two new species of Kluyvera: Buttiauxella
ferragutiae sp. nov., Buttiauxella gaviniae sp. nov., Buttiauxella brennerae sp. nov., Buttiauxella izardii sp. nov., Buttiauxella
noackiae sp. nov., Buttiauxella warmboldiae sp. nov., Kluyvera cochleae sp. nov., and Kluyvera georgiana sp. nov.
- Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for
Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov.,
Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
2016; 66:5575-5599.
Positive results for catalase, methyl red, esculin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, ONPG, acid production from: D-glucose (with gas),
L-arabinose, cellobiose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, salicin, trehalose and D-xylose
Negative results for indole production, Voges-Proskauer, H2S production, urea hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, acetate utilization, lipase,
DN-ase, acid production from: dulcitol, myo-inositol and sucrose.
(c) Costin Stoica
Differential characters between species:
Legend: + positive 90-100%, - negative 90-100%, [+] positive 75-89%, [-] negative 75-89%, d positive 25-74% of strains