Pseudomonas otitidis
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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.
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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