Cross Index Ewingella americana
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram negative Facultatively Anaerobic rods Enterobacteriaceae,
Compare Enterobacteriaceae, Arsenophonus nasoniae, Buttiauxella agrestis, Cedecea, Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Escherichia, Ewingella americana, Hafnia alvei, Klebsiella, Kluyvera, Leclercia adecarboxylata, Leminorella, Moellerella wisconsensis, Morganella morganii, Obesumbacterium proteus, Pantoea, Pragia fontium Proteus, Providencia, Rahnella aquatilis, Salmonella, Serratia, Shigella, Tatumella plyseos, Xenorhabdus, Yersina, Yohenella regensburgei

Vibrionacae, Aeromonas, Enhydrobacter aerosaccus, Photobacterium, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Vibrio

Pasteurellaceae, Actinobacillus, Hemophilus, Pasteurella

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, Cardiobacterium hominis, Chromobacterium, Eikenella corrodens, Gardnerella vaginalis, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Zymomonas
Contrast Archaea,
Subset  

 

Morphology Ewingella americana
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology straight rods, 0.6-0.6 um x 1-1.8 um
Motility peritrichous flagella
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Ewingella americana
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotroph
Oxygen facultative anaerobe
pH  
Temperature optimum 37 oC
Requirements  
Products respiratory and fermentative metabolism nitrate reduced. H2S not produced mannitol, mannose and trehalose are fermented
Enzymes oxidase negative, catalase positive, indole regative. Most strains are methyl red positive, Voges-Proskauer positive, Simmons citrate positive. lysine decarboxylase negative, ornithine decaroxylase negative, arginine dihydrolase netagive,
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from human clinical sources, sputum and wounds
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity infrequent opportunistic pathogen
Distribution  

 

Genome Ewingella americana
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Ewingella americana
First citation Crimont et al 1983 Ann. Microbiol Inst. Pasteur 134 A: 39-52
Crimont et al 1984 IJSB 34:91-92
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 180
References