Citrate
utilization
Arginine
dihydrolase
Phenylalanine
deaminase
Sucrose
fermentation
L-arabinose
fermentation
Glycerol
fermentation
D-xylose
fermentation
T. citrea
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+
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-
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+
T. morbirosei
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+
d
T. ptyseos
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-
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-
-
-
T. punctata
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+
-
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+
+
+
T. saanichensis
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-
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-
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-
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T. terrea
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-
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Tatumella morbirosei
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Tatumella,
Tatumella morbirosei Brady et al. 2010.
Gram-negative rods, 0.8-1.2 x 1.0-3.0 μm, motile by means of polar, subpolar or
lateral flagella or nonmotile at 36 ºC (except
Tatumella terrea). Nonspore-forming.
Colonies are pale beige to pale orange, round, convex and smooth with entire
margins. Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 37 ºC.
Isolated from pineapple in the Philippines.
T. morbirosei is the causal agent of pink disease of pineapple.
  1. Brady (C.L.), Venter (S.N.), Cleenwerck (I.), Vandemeulebroecke (K.), De Vos (P.) and Coutinho (T.A.): Transfer of Pantoea citrea,
    Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea to the genus Tatumella emend. as Tatumella citrea comb. nov., Tatumella punctata comb.
    nov. and Tatumella terrea comb. nov. and description of Tatumella morbirosei sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 484-
    494.
  2. Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for
    Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov.,
    Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
    2016; 66:5575-5599.
Positive results for catalase, nitrate reduction, acid production from L-arabinose, D-fucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose,
glycerol, D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, D-ribose, and trehalose.
Can utilize N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-adonitol, D-arabinose, L-arabinose, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, citrate, dextrin, erythritol,
formic acid (weak), D-fructose, D-galactose, D-gluconic acid, D-glucose, 5-ketogluconate, D-malate, maltose, maltotriose,
D-mannitol, D-mannose, pyruvic acid methyl ester (weak), succinic acid, D-tagatose, trehalose and trigonelline.

Negative results for oxidase, lipase, DN-ase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, indole production, H
2S production, urea
hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, acid production from  amygdalin, dulcitol, erythritol, glutarate, glycogen, histamine, myo-inositol, methyl
alpha-D-glucoside, propionate, L-rhamnose, raffinose, sucrose, sorbitol and L-sorbose.
No utilization of cis-aconitic acid, L-alanine, L-arabitol, betaine, cellobiose, dulcitol, L-fucose, gentiobiose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside,
methyl beta-D-glucoside, D-galacturonic acid, D-glucuronic acid, glutarate, histidine, myo-inositol, lactose, lactulose, melibiose,
L-proline, propionate, quinic acid, raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-serine, L-tartrate and meso-tartrate.

Acid producion from D-xylose is variable.
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Legend:  + positive 90-100%, - negative 90-100%, [+] positive 75-89%, [-] negative 75-89%, d positive 25-74% of strains,
Differential characters:
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