Cross Index Pantoea
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 Pantoea
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram negative
Morphology straight rods 0.5-1.0 x 1-3 um
Motility peritrichous flagella
Specialized structures  
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface most strains produce a yellow pigment
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Pantoea
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotroph with respiratory and fermentative metabolism
Oxygen facultative anaerobe
pH  
Temperature optimum 37 oC
Requirements  
Products inodle negative, Voges-roskauer positive, Simmons Cirteate positive. Methyl red variable H2S negative, most strains grow on KCN. Malonate utilization is variable, nitrates reduced
Enzymes lysine decarboxylase negative, orithine decarboxylase may be either positive or negative, arginine hihydrolase negative, oxidase negative, catalase positive, urease negative
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat isolated from plant surfaces, seeds, soil and water. isolated from animal and human wounds, blood and urine
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity opportunistic human pathogen
Distribution  

 

Genome Pantoea
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Pantoea
First citation Gaviniet et al 1989 IJSB 39: 337-345
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Determinative p 184
References