Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas rhodesiae Coroler et al. 1997.
Gram-negative rods, motile by 1 polar flagellum. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate is not
accumulated.
Colonies on nutrient agar are smooth, circular, and non-pigmented. No hemolysis
observed on blood agar. Fluorescent pigment is produced in King B medium. Can
grow at 4 ºC, no growth at 41 ºC.
Isolated from natural mineral water.
Unknown.
- George M. Garrity, Julia A. Bell & Timothy Lilburn: Order IX Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 In: Bergey’s Manual of
Systematic Bacteriology, Second edition,Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), 2005, pp. 323-442.
- Elena P. Ivanova, Nataliya M. Gorshkova, Tomoo Sawabe, Karin Hayashi, Nataliya I Kalinovskaya, Anatolii M. Lysenko, Natalie V.
Zhukova, Dan V. Nicolau, Tatyana A. Kuznetsova, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Richard Christen: Pseudomonas extremorientalis sp.
nov., isolated from a drinking water reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol November 2002 52:2113-20.
- Tambong JT, Xu R, Chi SI, Birugu I, Bachelet S, Hutter C, Duceppe MO, Briere S. Pseudomonas quebecensis sp. nov., a bacterium
isolated from root-zone soil of a native legume, Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald, in Quebec, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
2023; 73:5890.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase (weak), arginine dihydrolase, catalase, chymotrypsin (weak), phosphoamidase
(weak), cytochrome oxidase, lecithinase, nitrate reduction to nitrite, formation of levan from sucrose, growth on cetrimide agar,
decomposition of L-tyrosine.
Can utilize: acetate, L-alanine, gamma-aminobutyrate, L-asparagine, L-aspartate, betaine, caprate, caprylate, citrate, fumarate,
L-glutamate, glutarate, glycerol, heptanoate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, DL-lactate, L-malate, pelargonate, L-proline, putrescine, pyruvate,
succinate, cis-aconitate, D-alanine, alpha-aminobutyrate, delta-aminovalerate, L-arabinose, caproate, ethanolamine, D-fructose,
D-galactose, D-glucose, gluconate, glycerate, L-histidine, p-hydroxybenzoate, m-inositol, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, malonate,
mannitol, D-mannose, mucate, L-phenylalanine, D-ribose, sarcosine, 2-ketogluconate, L-serine, sorbitol, valerate,
N-acetylglucosamine, D-arabitol and D-xylose.
Negative results for gelatin liquefaction, lipase reaction, esculin and starch hydrolysis, deamination of phenylalanine, exonuclease
production, utilization of: capric acid, acetamide, adipate, adonitol, amylamine, anthranilate, D-arabinose, azelate, benzoate,
benzylamine, butylamine, butyrate, cellobiose, ethylene glycole, D-fucose, inulin, isopropanole, lactose, maleate, maltose, methanole,
oxalate, phthalate, poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate, salicin, starch, L-threonine, citraconate, L-citrulline, creatine, erythritol, glycine, glycolate,
histamine, o-hydroxybenzoate, m-hydroxybenzoate, isobutyrate, itaconate, mesaconate, L-kynurenine, levulinate, L-lysine, D-malate,
levulinate, L-lysine, DL-norleucine, L-ornithine, phenylacetate, pimelate, suberate, propionate, L-rhamnose, sebacate, tartrate,
trigonelline, tryptamine, D-tryptophan, L-tryptophan, esculin, 2-aminobenzoate, 3-aminobenzoate, 4-aminobenzoate, 3-aminobutyrate,
amygdalin, L-arabitol, arbutin, L-cysteine, dulcitol, ethylamine, L-fucose, gentiobiose, glucosamine, glycogen, norvaline, raffinose,
salicin, sorbose, sucrose, D-tagatose, terephthalate, D-turanose, urea, xylitol, and L-xylose.
Variable result for utilization of: isovalerate and trehalose.

(c) Costin Stoica