
Description is based mostly on API 32GN, API 20NE and API ZYM results.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, beta-galactosidase (PNPG), esterase lipase C8,
leucine arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, oxidase and urease.
Can assimilate trehalose, mannose, gluconate, caprate, phenylacetate, mannitol, D-glucose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose,
malate, histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, L-proline, rhamnose, N-acetylglucosamine, D-ribose, inositol, suberate,
DL-lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate and L-serine.
Negative results for amylase, chitinase, cellulase, cystine arylamidase, DNase, esculin hydrolysis, esterase C4, alpha-fucosidase,
alpha- and beta-glucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, indole production,
lipase C14, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, protease, tryptophanase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, valine arylamidase and
acidification of D-glucose.
No assimilation of acetate, adipate, citrate, glycogen, malonate, maltose, salicin propionate, valerate, sucrose, itaconate and
3-hydroxybenzonate.
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Paraburkholderia, Paraburkholderia terrae (Yang et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015.
Old synonym: Burkholderia terraea Yang et al. 2006.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-negative rods, 0.6-0.8 x 1.6-2.0 μm. Motile by a single polar flagellum. non-
spore-forming.
Colonies grown on R2A are circular, convex and cream-coloured. Temperature range
for growth is 25-30 ºC; no growth occurs at 42 ºC. Growth occurs in the absence of
NaCl and in the presence of 1.5% (w/v) NaCl, but not above 3.0% (w/v) NaCl. Aerobe.
Isolated from a forest soil in Daejeon, South Korea. Nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
Resistant to rifampicin, ampicillin and tetracycline. Susceptible to penicillin G, novobiocin, ampicillin, kanamycin and streptomycin.
Undetermined.
- Yang H.C., Im W.T., Kim K.K., An D.S. and Lee S.T.: Burkholderia terrae sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
Microbiol., 2006, 56, 453-457.
- Sheu S.Y., Chou J.H., Bontemps C., Elliott G.N., Gross E., Dos Reis Junior F.B., Melkonian R., Moulin L., James E.K., Sprent J.I.,
Young J.P.W. and Chen W.M.: Burkholderia diazotrophica sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
Microbiol., 2013, 63, 435-441.
- Sawana, A., Adeolu, M. and Gupta, R.S. 2014. Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia:
proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus
Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species. Front. Genet., 5, 429.
(c) Costin Stoica