Caballeronia cordobensis
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Caballeronia,
Caballeronia cordobensis ( Draghi et al. 2014) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016.

Old synonym:
Burkholderia cordobensis Draghi et al. 2014.
Gram-negative rods, 0.4-0.7 x 1.2-1.8 μm, occuring singly or in pairs. Motile. Non-
spore-forming.
Colonies are round, with entire margins, a convex elevation, a white-creamy colour
and a moist appearance, and are 1-2 mm in diameter after 48 h of growth on TSA at
28 ºC. Grows on MacConkey agar. Growth occurs at 28-37 ºC and at pH 6-8. Aerobic.
Isolated from agricultural soils in Cordoba province, Argentina.
Undetermined.
  1. Dobritsa, A. P. and Samadpour, M. 2016. Transfer of eleven species of the genus Burkholderia to the genus Paraburkholderia and
    proposal of Caballeronia gen. nov. to accommodate twelve species of the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia Int. J. Syst.
    Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2836-2846.
  2. Draghi, W. O., Peeters, C., Cnockaert, M., Snauwaert, C., Wall, L. G., Zorreguieta, A. and Vandamme, P. 2014. Burkholderia
    cordobensis sp. nov., from agricultural soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2003-2008.
Description is based mostly on API 20 NE and API ZYM results.

Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, nitrate reduction, leucyl arylamidase, oxidase, phosphoamidase,
Tweens 20, 40, 60 and 80 hydrolysis.
Can assimilate glucose, mannose, mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, gluconate, malate and phenylacetate.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and  beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, N-acetyl-betaglucosaminidase, C4 lipase, C8
lipase, C14 lipase, alpha-mannosidase, starch hydrolysis, tryptophanase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, urease, valine arylamidase and
fermentation of glucose.
No assimilation of maltose, caprate, adipate and citrate.

Variable results for assimilation of arabinose.
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