Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Pararobbsia, Pararobbsia alpina (Weber and King 2017) Lin et al. 2020.
Old synonym: Burkholderia alpina Weber and King 2017.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-negative rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on solid pyruvate-yeast extract media (PYE) are circular with entire margins,
off-white color. Growth on R2A agar occurs at 4-37 ºC (optimum growth temperature
is 25 ºC), at pH 3.5-7.0 (optimum pH 6.5) and in the presence of 0–2.5% (w/v) NaCl.
Carbon monoxide is oxidized aerobically.
Isolated from volcanic soils from Pico de Orizaba (Mexico).
Undetermined.
- Weber, C. F. and King, G. M. 2017. Volcanic soils as sources of novel CO-oxidizing Paraburkholderia and Burkholderia:
Paraburkholderia hiiakae sp. nov., Paraburkholderia metrosideri sp. nov., Paraburkholderia paradisi sp. nov., Paraburkholderia
peleae sp. nov., and Burkholderia alpina sp. nov. a member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Front. Microbiol., 8, 207.
- Lin QH, Lv YY, Gao ZH, Qiu LH. Pararobbsia silviterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil and reclassification of
Burkholderia alpina as Pararobbsia alpina comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1412-1420.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, catalase, cystine arylamidase, esterase (C4), esterase (C8), alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
nitrate reduction, oxidase and glucose fermentation.
Can utilize: alanine, D-arabinose, arbutin, D-arabitol, fructose (weak), D-galactose, glucose, glutamate, glycerol (weak), glycogen,
beta-hydroxybutyrate, 5-ketogluconate, lactate, lactose, malate (weak), proline (weak), pyruvate, ribose, salicin, trehalose, tartrate and
L-xylose.
Negative results for esculin hydrolysis, alpha-glucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, trypsin and
alpha-chymotrypsin.
No utilization of: D-adonitol, amygdalin, acetate, aspartate, adipate, L-arabitol, benzoate, betaine, caprate, citrate, cellobiose, dulcitol,
dimethylamine, erythritol, formate, D- and L-fucose, D-gentiobiose, gluconate, glucuronate, glycine, inositol, inulin,
alpha-ketoglutarate, isopropanol, 2-ketogluconate, lactose, D-lyxose, malonate, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, methanol,
methylamine, N-acetylglucosamine, phenylacetate, phenylalanine, phthalate, propionate, raffinose, L-rhamnose, succinate,
beta-D-xylopyranoside, L-sorbose, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, D-tagatose, turanose, trimethylamine, valine, xylitol and D-xylose.
Variable results for arginine dihydrolase and assimilation of L-arabinose, mannitol and mannose.

(c) Costin Stoica