Pseudomonas psychrotolerans
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), lass Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas psychrotolerans Hauser et al. 2004.
Gram-negative, nonspore-forming rods, 0.5-0.7 x 1.5-1.8 μm. Motile.
Colonies are yellow, irregular, leathery, dry, wrinkled, form within 48 hours, with a
diameter of 1-5 mm. After 3-5 days, colonies can be up to 8 mm in diameter. No
fluorescent pigment producing.
Growth occurs under aerobic and microaerobic, but not anaerobic, conditions.
Media: PYE agar, TSA, R2A and MacConkey agar, PYE agar supplemented with 1-5%
(w/v) NaCl. Temperature 4-37 ºC. No growth occurs at 42 ºC.
Isolated from water under a dog’s cage and from a strip of metal under the treatment table in an animal clinic in Austria.
Unknown.
- Hauser, Elke, Kampfer, Peter, Busse, Hans-Jurgen. Pseudomonas psychrotolerans sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54:
1633-1637 .
- Wang X, He SW, Guo HB, Thin KK, Gao JS, Wang Y, Zhang XX. Pseudomonas rhizoryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice. Int J Syst
Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:944-950.
Positive results for catalase, acid production from: glucose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, melibiose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, inositol,
trehalose and D-arabitol.
Can assimilate: D-glucose, putrescine, fumarate, glutarate, DL-3-hydroxybutyrate, 4-aminobutyrate, DL-lactate, L-malate,
oxoglutarate, pyruvate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, L-alanine, L-proline, L-serine, D-trehalose, D-fructose, L-arabinose, D-galactose,
D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-xylose, i-inositol, D-sorbitol, gluconate, D-maltose, D-ribose, cis-aconitate, trans-aconitate, L-aspartate,
citrate, acetate, propionate, mesaconate and itaconate.
Negative results for aesculin hydrolysis, oxidase, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: lactose, sucrose, dulcitol, salicin, adonitol,
raffinose, cellobiose, methyl D-glucoside and erythritol.
No assimilation of beta-alanine, L-ornithine, phenylacetate, L-phenylalanine, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine,
arbutin, D-cellobiose, alpha-D-melibiose, sucrose, salicin, adonitol, maltitol, adipate, azelate, L-tryptophan, 3-hydroxybenzoate and
suberate.
Variable results for assimilation of: L-histidine, L-leucine, L-rhamnose, acid production from: sorbitol, rhamnose and maltose.

(c) Costin Stoica