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| Genus: | Phytobacter Zhang et al. 2008
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Phytobacter is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria emerging from the grouping of isolates previously assigned to various genera of the family Enterobacteriaceae. This genus was first established on the basis of nitrogen fixing isolates from wild rice in China,[1] but also includes a number of isolates obtained during a 2013 multi-state sepsis outbreak in Brazil[2][3] and, retrospectively, several clinical strains isolated in the 1970s in the United States that are still available in culture collections, which originally were grouped into Brenner's Biotype XII of the Erwinia herbicola-Enterobacter agglomerans-Complex (EEC).[4][5] Standard biochemical evaluation panels are lacking Phytobacter spp. from their database, thus often leading to misidentifications with other Enterobacterales species, especially Pantoea agglomerans.[2] Clinical isolates of the species have been identified as an important source of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenem-resistance genes, which are usually mediated by genetic mobile elements. Strong protection of co-infecting sensitive bacteria has also been reported.[6] Bacteria belonging to this genus are not pigmented, chemoorganotrophic and able to fix nitrogen. They are lactose fermenting, cytochrome-oxidase negative and catalase positive. Glucose is fermented with the production of gas. Colonies growing on MacConkey agar (MAC) are circular, convex and smooth with non-entire margins and a usually elevated center. Three species are currently validly included in the genus Phytobacter,[2][7] which is still included within the Kosakonia clade in the lately reviewed family of Enterobacteriaceae.[8] The incorporation of a fourth species, Phytobacter massiliensis, has recently been proposed via the unification of the genera Metakosakonia and Phytobacter.[9]
- ^ Zhang, Guo Xia; Peng, Gui Xiang; Wang, En Tao; Yan, Hui; Yuan, Qing Hua; Zhang, Wu; Lou, Xu; Wu, Hui; Tan, Zhi Yuan (May 2008). "Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 189 (5): 431–439. doi:10.1007/s00203-007-0333-7. PMID 18060384. S2CID 27236264.
- ^ a b c Pillonetto, Marcelo; Arend, Lavinia N.; Faoro, Helisson; D’Espindula, Helena R.S.; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H.M.; Mira, Marcelo T.; Rezzonico, Fabio (2017-11-10). "Emended description of the genus Phytobacter, its type species Phytobacter diazotrophicus (Zhang 2008) and description of Phytobacter ursingii sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. [Epub ahead of print] (1): 176–184. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002477. PMID 29125457.
- ^ Pillonetto, Marcelo; Arend, Lavinia; Gomes, Suzie M. T.; Oliveira, Marluce A. A.; Timm, Loeci N.; Martins, Andreza F.; Barth, Afonso L.; Mazzetti, Alana; Hersemann, Lena; Smits, Theo H. M.; Mira, Marcelo T. (2018-08-13). "Molecular investigation of isolates from a multistate polymicrobial outbreak associated with contaminated total parenteral nutrition in Brazil". BMC Infectious Diseases. 18 (1): 397. doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3287-2. ISSN 1471-2334. PMC 6090600. PMID 30103698.
- ^ Rezzonico, Fabio; Smits, Theo HM; Montesinos, Emilio; Frey, Jürg E.; Duffy, Brion (2009-01-01). "Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans plant and clinical strains". BMC Microbiology. 9: 204. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-204. ISSN 1471-2180. PMC 2764716. PMID 19772624.
- ^ Brenner, Don J.; Fanning, G. Richard; Leete Knutson, Jean K.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Krichevsky, Micah I. (1984). "Attempts to Classify Herbicola Group-Enterobacter agglomerans Strains by Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hybridization and Phenotypic Tests". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 34 (1): 45–55. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-1-45. ISSN 1466-5026.
- ^ Zhang, Zhao; Li, Daixi; Shi, Xing; Zhai, Yao; Guo, Yatao; Zheng, Yali; Zhao, Lili; He, Yukun; Chen, Yusheng; Wang, Zhanwei; Su, Jianrong (2020-04-15). "Genomic characterization of an emerging Enterobacteriaceae species: the first case of co-infection with a typical pathogen in a human patient". BMC Genomics. 21 (1): 297. doi:10.1186/s12864-020-6720-z. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 7156906. PMID 32293254.
- ^ Madhaiyan, Munusamy; Saravanan, Venkatakrishnan Sivaraj; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H. M.; Rezzonico, Fabio; Kim, Soo-Jin; Weon, Hang-Yeon; Kwon, Soon-Wo; Whitman, William B.; Ji, Lianghui (2020-02-01). "Phytobacter palmae sp. nov., a novel endophytic, N2 fixing, plant growth promoting Gammaproteobacterium isolated from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (2): 841–848. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003834. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 31829916.
- ^ Alnajar, Seema; Gupta, Radhey S. (2017-10-01). "Phylogenomics and comparative genomic studies delineate six main clades within the family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 54: 108–127. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.024. ISSN 1567-1348. PMID 28658607.
- ^ Ma, Yuanyuan; Yao, Rong; Li, Yuanyuan; Wu, Xiuqin; Li, Shuying; An, Qianli (2020-04-30). "Proposal for Unification of the Genus Metakosakonia and the Genus Phytobacter to a Single Genus Phytobacter and Reclassification of Metakosakonia massiliensis as Phytobacter massiliensis comb. nov". Current Microbiology. 77 (8): 1945–1954. doi:10.1007/s00284-020-02004-4. ISSN 1432-0991. PMID 32350604. S2CID 216650629.