Morphology | Yohenella regensburgei |
CELLULAR |
Staining | Gram negative |
Morphology | straight rods |
Motility | peritrichous flagella |
Specialized structures |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Yohenella regensburgei |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | chemoorganotrophs with respiratory and fermentative metabolism |
Oxygen | facultative anaerobe |
pH | |
Temperature | optimum 37 oC |
Requirements | |
Products | indole negative, Voges-Praskauer negative, methyl red positive, Simmons ciitrate posositive H2S negative gorwth on KCN no growth on malonate nitrate reduced |
Enzymes | oxidase negative, catalase positive lysine decarboxylase positive, orithine dexarboxylase positive arginine dihydrolase negative urease negative |
Unique features |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
Habitat | isolated from human wounds, urine, sputum, stool and insect intestine |
Lifestyle | |
Pathogenicity |
Distribution |
Genome | Yohenella regensburgei |
G+C Mol % |
Reference | Yohenella regensburgei |
First citation | Kosako et al 1984
Japan J. Med. Sci. Biol 37: 117-124 Kosaka et al 1985
IJSB 35: 223-225. Published simultaneously as Koserella by Hickman-Brenner et al 1985 J. Clin Microbiol 21:39-42 Hickman-Brenner et al1985 IJSB 35: 223-225. Name Yohenella adapted Kosako et al 1987 IJSB 37: 127-129 |
The Prokaryotes | p |
Bergey's Determinative | p 189-190 |
References |