| Morphology | Buttiauxella agrestis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | small rods shaped cells |
| Motility | peritrichous flagella |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Buttiauxella agrestis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotrophic with a respiratory and a fermentative metabolism |
| Oxygen | facultatively anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 30-37 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | carbohydrates catabolized with the
production of acid and gas from: arabinose, celllobiose,
glucose, lactose, maltose, mannitol, mellibiose,
raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, trehalose, and xylose reduces nitrates |
| Enzymes | oxidase negative, catalase positive, indole positive, Voges-Proskauer negative, methyl red positive, Simmons citrate positive, Lysine decarboxylase negative, arginine dihydrolase negative, orithine decarboxylase positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated from freshwater |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Buttiauxella agrestis |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Buttiauxella agrestis |
| First citation | Ferragut et al 1981
Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg.
Abt. 1 Orig C 2:33-44 Ferregut et al 1982 IJSB 32:266-268 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 176-177 |
| References |