Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Dickeya, Dickeya solani van der Wolf et al. 2014.
Gram-stain-negative rods. Motile.
Growth occurs at 39 ºC. Pectinolytic and can rapidly degrade potato tissue.
Facultativelly anaerobic.
Isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum) grown in The Netherlands.
Undetermined.
- van der Wolf JM, Nijhuis EH, Kowalewska MJ, Saddler GS, Parkinson N, Elphinstone JG, Pritchard L, Toth IK, Lojkowska E,
Potrykus M, et al. Dickeya solani sp. nov., a pectinolytic plant-pathogenic bacterium isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum). Int
J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:768-774.
- BacDive in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data. Lorenz Christian Reimer, Joaquim Sarda
Carbasse, Julia Koblitz, Christian Ebeling, Adam Podstawka, Jörg Overmann. Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2022.
Positive results for phosphatases, citrate utilization, beta-galactosidase, gelatinase,
indole production, acid production from amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, mannitol,
melibiose, rhamnose, raffinose, saccharose, and alpha-methyl glucoside.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, tryptophan deaminase,
urease, acid production from 5-ketogluconate, inulin and sorbitol.
Variable results for oxidase, Voges-Proskauer reaction and acid production from inositol.
(c) Costin Stoica