Cross Index	Chryseomonas luteola
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Gram-Negative Aerobic/ Microaerophilic Rods and Cocci
Compare	Acetobacter, Acidiphilium, Acidomonas methanolica, Acidothermus cellulolyticus, Acidovorax, Acinetobacter, Afipia, Agrobacterium, Agromonas oligotrophica, Alcaligenes, Alteromonas, Aminobacter, Aquaspirillum, Azomonas, Azorhizobium caulinodans, Azotobacter, Bacteroides, Beijerinckia, Bordetella, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Brucella, Chromohalobacter marismortui, Chryseomonas luteola, Comamonas, Cupriavidus necator, Deleya, Derxia gummosa, Ensifer adherans, Erythrobacter longus, Flavobacterium, Flavomonas oryzihabitans, Francisella, Frateuria aurantica, Gluconobacter, Halomonas, Hydrogenophaga, Janthinobacterium lividum, Kingella, Lampropedia hyalina, Legionella, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus, Marinomonas, Mesophilobacter marinus, Methylobacillus glycogenes, Methylobacterium, Methylococcus, Methylomonas, Methylophaga, Methylophilus, Methylovorus glucosotrophus, Moraxella, Morococcus cerebrosus, Neisseriaceae, Neisseria, Oceanospirillum, Ochrobactrum anthropi, Oligella, Paracoccus, Phenylobacterium immobile, Phyllobacterium, Pseudomonas, Psychrobacter immobilis, Rhizobacter daucus, Rhizobium, Rhizomonas suberifaciens, Rochalimaea, Roseobacter, Rugomonas rubra, Serpens, Sinorhizobium, Sphingobacterium, Taylorella equigenitalis, Thermoleophilum, Thermomicrobium, Thermus, Variovorax paradoxus, Volcaniella eurhalina, Weeksella, Wolinella, Xanthobacter, Xanthomonas, Xyella fastidiosa, Xylophilus ampelinus, Zoogloea ramigera
Contrast	Archaea

 

Morphology

Chryseomonas luteola

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram negative
Morphology	rods with parallel sides and rounded endsd
Motility	mulitrichous (10-12) polar flagella
Specialized structures	no intracellular granules of poly-beta-hydroxylbutryate, no spores, no sheaths or prosthecae

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

colonies are pale to deep yellow. Colonies are small (1 mm) circular, low, convex, smooth and shiny with entire edges. Some strains produce wrinkled colonies

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Chryseomonas luteola

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemoorganotrophic, oxidatively saccharolytic
Oxygen	strict aerobe
pH
Temperature	grows at 5oC but not 42oC
Requirements
Products	agar is not digested, no hemolysis. Tween 20, tributyrin, tyrosine and gelatin are hydrolysed. Nitrate not reduced. Indole negative. H2S not produced. Citrate and malonate are utilized.
Enzymes	catalase positive, oxidase positive
Unique features	growes on media with poly-beta- hydroxybutyrate but granules are not accumulated

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat	saprophytes or commensals on humans and other warm blooded animals
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity	may be occasionally pathogenic

Distribution

 

Genome

Chryseomonas luteola

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

Chryseomonas luteola

First Citation	Holmes et al 1986 IJSB 36: 161-165. Originally called Chryseomonas polytrichia
Emended	Holmes et al 1987 IJSB 37: 245-250. Name changed from Chryseomonas polytrichia to Chryseomonas luteola. The organism was previously known as Pseudomonas luteola.
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p 80

References