Acaricomes phytoseiuli
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Acaricomes, Acaricomes
phytoseiuli
Pukall et al. 2006, type species of the genus.

Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive rods,  0.5-0.8 x 1-1.5 µm. Not showing a rod-coccus cycle.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on TSA are circular, convex, 1–2 mm in diameter and coloured yellowish.
Growth occurs at 15-30 ºC (optimum at 25 ºC) and at pH 6.0-9.5 (optimum at pH 7).
Aerobic.
Isolated from diseased, surface-sterilized specimens of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot.
Undetermined.
  1. Pukall R, Schumann P, Schutte C, Gols R, Dicke M. Acaricomes phytoseiuli gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the predatory mite
    Phytoseiulus persimilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:465-469.
Positive results for catalase.
Can utilize alpha-D-glucose, alpha-D-fructose, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannose, sucrose, turanose, L-glutamic acid, glucose
1-phosphate, Tween 80 (weakly), palatinose (weakly), L-pyroglutamic acid (weakly) and glucose 6-phosphate (weakly).

Negative results for oxidase.
No utilization of alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, glycogen, inulin, mannan, Tween 40, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-mannosamine,
amygdalin, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, arbutin, D-cellobiose, L-fucose, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, D-gluconic acid,
myo-inositol, alpha-D-lactose, lactulose, D-mannitol, D-melezitose, D-melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, methyl
beta-D-galactoside, 3-methyl glucose, methyl alpha-glucoside, methyl beta-D-glucoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, D-psicose,
D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, salicin, sedoheptulosan, D-sorbitol, stachyose, D-tagatose, D-trehalose, xylitol, Dxylose, acetic
acid, alpha-, beta- and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, phydroxyphenylacetic acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, lactamide, D-lactic acid methyl
ester, L-lactic acid, D-malic acid, methylpyruvate, monomethyl succinate, propionic acid, pyruvic acid, succinamic acid, succinic acid,
N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid, L-alaninamide, D-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, glycyl L-glutamic acid, L-serine, putrescine, 2,3-butanediol,
glycerol, adenosine, 2'-deoxyadenosine, inosine, thymidine, uridine, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, thymidine 5'-monophosphate,
uridine 5'-monophosphate, fructose 6-phosphate and DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate.
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