Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas otitidis Clark et al. 2006.
Gram-negative, motile rods.
Colonies on trypticase soy agar are circular, concave and nonpigmented.
Nonhemolytic on 5% sheep blood agar. Growth occurs at 7-45 ºC, pH 5-10 and in the
presence of up to 4% NaCl.
Isolated from patients with otitis.
Isolated from patients with acute otitis externa, acute otitis media and chronic suppurative otitis media.
- Clark, Linda L., Dajcs, Joseph J., McLean, Celeste H., Bartell, John G., Stroman, David W. Pseudomonas otitidis sp. nov., isolated
from patients with otic infections. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 709-714.
- Nicklasson M, Martin-Rodriguez AJ, Thorell K, Higdon SM, Neves L, Mussagy A, Rydberg HA, Hernroth B, Svensson-Stadler L,
Sjoling A. Pseudomonas boanensis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from river water used for household purposes in Boane District,
Mozambique. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5461.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, alkaline phosphatase, oxidase, catalase,
Tween 80, gelatin hydrolysis, utilization of: formic acid, alpha-D-glucose, acetic acid,
citric acid, lactic acid, propionic acid, succinic acid, D-alanine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid,
L-histidine, L-leucine, L-ornithine, L-proline, L-serine, aminobutyric acid, putrescine and phenylethylamine.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, amylase, caseinase, aesculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, indole production, nitrate
reduction, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase and urease.
No utilization of: gluconate, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, adonitol, D-arabitol, L-arabinose, i-erythritol,
myo-inositol, glycerol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, xylitol, D-fructose, L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, alpha-D-lactose, maltose,
D-mannose, D-melibiose, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, sucrose, D-trehalose, turanose, D-xylose, D-galacturonic acid, D-gluconic acid,
D-glucuronic acid, itaconic acid, glucuronamide, L-phenylalanine, D-serine, inosine, uridine, thymidine, cytosine and sebacic acid.

(c) Costin Stoica