Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas costantinii Munsch et al. 2002. Close to Pseudomonas tolaasii.
Gram-negative straight rods, motile by a single polar flagellum.
Produces a fluorescent diffusible greenish pigment. Colonies may be hemolytic.
Aerobic, optimal growth temperature 28 ºC (temperature range 5-30 ºC).
Media: Trypticase Soy Agar, Nutrient agar, King’s B agar.
Isolated from cultivated mushroom sporophores (Agaricus bisporus).
Causal agent of brown blotch disease in mushrooms. Does not induce a hypersensitive reaction on tobacco leaves.
- Munsch P., Alatossava T., Marttinen N., Meyer J.M., Christen R. & Gardan L.: Pseudomonas costantinii sp. nov., another causal
agent of brown blotch disease, isolated from cultivated mushroom sporophores in Finland. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52,
1973-1983.
- Munsch P., Alatossava T.: Several pseudomonads, associated with the cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus or Pleurotus sp.,
are hemolytic. Microbiol Res. 2002;157(4):311-5.
- BacDive in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data. Lorenz Christian Reimer, Joaquim Sarda
Carbasse, Julia Koblitz, Christian Ebeling, Adam Podstawka, Jorg Overmann. Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2022.
- Hofmann K, Woller A, Huptas C, Wenning M, Scherer S, Doll EV. Pseudomonas cremoris sp. nov., a novel proteolytic species
isolated from cream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4597.
Positive results for oxidase, arginine-dihydrolase, gelatin hydrolysis, acid production
from: D-adonitol, L-xylose, D-arabinose, sucrose, trehalose, L-arabitol, DL-lactate, D-tartrate, erythritol, mannitol and sorbitol.
Utilizes: D-lactate, alpha-D-glucose,beta-D-fructose, D-galactose, D-trehalose, D-mannose, D-ribose, L-arabinose, D-xylose,
D-arabitol, L-arabitol, xylitol, glycerol, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, adonitol, D-lyxose, meso-erythritol, D-saccharate, mucate,
meso-tartrate, D- and L-malate, cis-aconitate, trans-aconitate, citrate, D-glucuronate, D-galacturonate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate,
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-gluconate, protocatechuate, p-hydroxybenzoate, quinate, benzoate, betain, putrescine,
DL-alpha-amino-n-butyrate, histamine, DL-lactate, caprate, caprylate, succinate, fumarate, glutarate, DL-glycerate,
DL-alpha-amino-n-valerate, ethanolamine, D-glucosamine, itaconate, DL-beta-hydroxybutyrate, L-aspartate, L-glutamate, L-proline,
D- and L-alanine, L-serine, malonate, propionate, L-tyrosine and 2-oxoglutarate.
Negative results for lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, urease, alkaline phosphatase, esculin hydrolysis, nitrates
reduction and acid production from lactose and L-tartrate.
Levan-sucrase-negative, non-pectinolytic and does not degrade polypectates at pH 5 or 8.
Does not assimilate: L-sorbose, alpha-D-melibiose, D-raffinose, maltotriose, maltose, alpha-lactose, lactulose, methyl
1-O-beta-galactopyranoside, methyl 1-O-alpha-galactopyranoside, D-cellobiose, beta-gentiobiose, m-coumarate, methyl
1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, palatinose, alpha-L-rhamnose, alpha-L-fucose, D-melezitose, dulcitol, D-tagatose, maltitol,
hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide, methyl 1-O-alpha-D-glycopyranoside, methyl 3-O-D-glucopyranose, L-tartrate, tricarballylate,
L-tryptophan, phenylacetate, gentisate, m-hydroxybenzoate, 3-phenylpropionate, trigonelline, L-histidine and tryptamine.

(c) Costin Stoica