Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Polynucleobacter, Polynucleobacter rarus Hahn et al. 2011.
Gram-negative curved rods, 0.6-0.8 x 0.8-1.8 μm. Non-motile. Nucleoids are present
inside cells.
Colonies grown on NSY agar are unpigmented, circular and convex with smooth
surface. Growth temperature 15-30 ºC; no growth at 5 or 35 ºC. NaCl is not required
for growth. Maximum NaCl concentration tolerated is 0.3% (w/v). Aerobic, facultatively
anaerobic under denitrifying conditions.
Isolated from the water column (pelagic zone) of Crystal Bog Lake in Wisconsin, USA.
Undetermined.
- Hahn M. W., Lang E., Tarao M. and Brandt U.: Polynucleobacter rarus sp. nov., a free-living planktonic bacterium isolated from an
acidic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 781-787.
(c) Costin Stoica
Positive results for catalase and oxidase.
Can assimilate glyoxylate, glycolate, acetate, oxalate, pyruvate, malate, succinate, fumarate, levulinate, D-mannose, D-galacturonic
acid, D-lyxose, D-fructose, D-fucose and L-cysteine.
No assimilation of formate, propionate, malonate, oxaloacetate, citrate, D-glucose, D-galactose, D-sorbitol, L-glutamate, L-aspartate,
L-alanine, L-serine, L-asparagine or betaine.