Kosakonia quasisacchari
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacteriales, Family Enterobacteriaceae,
Genus Kosakonia,
Kosakonia quasisacchari Kampfer et al. 2018.
Gram-negative. Motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies after 24 h of incubation on nutrient agar at 35 ºC are white circular and 2 mm
in diameter. Growth occurs at  4-40 ºC (optimally at 35-37 ºC), not at 2, 42, 45 or 50 ºC.
Grows at pH 5.0-10.0 (optimally at 6.0-7.0), and in TSB containing 0-9 % (w/v) NaCl.
Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from  a wound secretion sample of a patient in West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
Undetermined.
  1. Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Kosakonia quasisacchari sp. nov. recovered from human wound secretion in
    China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3164-3169.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, citrate utilisation, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, Voges-Proskauer test,
acid production from amygdalin, L-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-gentiobiose, D-glucose,
glycerol, lactose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, trehalose, L-rhamnose, methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside,
N-acetylglucosamine, salicin, sucrose, and D-xylose.

Negative results for gelatinase, H
2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, methyl red test, ornithine decarboxylase,
oxidase, urease, acid production from D-adonitol, D-arabitol, D-arabinose, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, gluconate, 2- and
5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, melezitose, melibiose, methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, L-sorbose,
methyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside, L-xylose, and xylitol.
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