Taxonomy
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Paraburkholderia, Paraburkholderia hiiakae Weber and King 2017.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-negative rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are circular with entire margins, white color. Optimum growth temperature is
30 ºC with growth at 15 ºC but not at 40 ºC. Optimum pH 7.5 with growth at pH 5.7 but
not pH 8.5.
Carbon monoxide is oxidized aerobically.
Isolated from volcanic soils from Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii, USA).
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.
Positive results for catalase and oxidase.
Can utilize: alanine, arabinose, aspartate, benzoate, caprate, citrate, dimethylamine (weak), formate, fructose (weak), galactose
(weak), gluconate, glucose, alpha-ketoglutarate, glycerol, glutamate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, lactate, malate, malonate (weak),
mannose (weak), mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, phenylalanine, proline, propionate, ribose, succinate, trimethylamine (weak) and
tartrate.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis and beta-galactosidase.
No utilization of: acetate, adipate, betaine, glucuronate, glutamate, glycine, isopropanol, lactose, maltose, methanol, methylamine,
phenylacetate, phthalate and valine.
(c) Costin Stoica