Tatumella saanichensis
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Erwiniaceae, Genus
Tatumella,
Tatumella saanichensis Tracz et al. 2015.
Gram-negative, straight rods, 0.5 x 1.4 μm. Non-motile (at 25 and 35 ºC). Fibriae are
present, but not flagella. Nonspore-forming.
Colonies are circular, white, smooth, glossy, 0.5-1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of
growth and 1.5 mm after 48 h at 25 and 35 ºC on 5% Sheep Blood Agar. Facultatively
anaerobic.
Isolated from sputum.
Isolated from sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient.
  1. Tracz DM, Gilmour MW, Mabon P, Beniac DR, Hoang L, Kibsey P, Van Domselaar G, Tabor H, Westmacott GR, Corbett CR, et al.
    Tatumella saanichensis sp. nov., isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1959-1966.
Positive results for acetate utilization, catalase, citrate (Simmons’), nitrate reduction, phenylalanine deaminase, acid production from
arabinose,  glucose (without gas), lactose, mannose, melibiose, and xylose.
Can utilize (Biolog panel) lactose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-mannose, D-fructose, D-galactose, inosine, glycerol, D-glucose 6-
phosphate, glycyl L-proline, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, D-gluconic acid, L-citric acid and malic acid.
Weak results are observed for the utilization of dextrin, Dglucose, D-fucose, pectin, glucuronamide, mucic acid, quinic acid, alpha-
ketoglutaric acid, bromosuccinic acid, caminobutyric acid, acetoacetic acid and formic acid.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, aesculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase (ONPG), H
2S production (TSI agar), indole
production, Jordan’s tartrate, lysine decarboxylase, methyl red test, malonate utilization, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, urease,
Voges-Proskauer reaction (Coblentz method), acid production from adonitol, arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, methyl alpha-
glucoside, inositol, mannitol, mucate, maltose, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, and trehalose.
No utilization of maltose, trehalose, cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, turanose, stachyose, raffinose, melibiose, methyl beta-D-
glucoside, salicin, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-beta-mannosamine, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid, 3-
methyl glucose, L-fucose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, D-arabitol, myo-inositol, D-fructose 6-phosphate, D-aspartic acid, D-
and L-serine, gelatin, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-pyroglutamic acid, D-galacturonic acid, L-galactonic acid lactone, D-
glucuronic acid, D-saccharic acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, methylpyruvate, D-lactic acid methyl ester, L-lactic acid, D-malic acid,
Tween 40, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxy-DL-butyric acid, aalpha-ketobutyric acid, propionic acid and acetic acid.
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R E G N U M
PROKARYOTAE
 
Citrate
utilization
Arginine
dihydrolase
Phenylalanine
deaminase
Sucrose
fermentation
L-arabinose
fermentation
Glycerol
fermentation
D-xylose
fermentation
T. citrea
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T. morbirosei
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T. ptyseos
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T. punctata
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T. saanichensis
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T. terrea
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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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