Pseudomonas alcaligenes

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Pseudomonas alcaligenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Genus: Pseudomonas
Species: P. alcaligenes
Binomial name
Pseudomonas alcaligenes
Monias 1928
Type strain
ATCC 14909

CCUG 1425 A
CFBP 2437
CIP 101034
DSM 50342
JCM 5967
LMG 1224
NBRC 14159
NCCB 76044
NCTC 10367
VKM B-2171

Pseudomonas alcaligenes is a Gram-negative aerobic bacterium used as a soil inoculant for bioremediation purposes, as it can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons[1]. It can be a human pathogen but occurrences are very rare[2]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. alcaligenes has been placed in the P. aeruginosa group[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ O'Mahony MM, Dobson AD, Barnes JD, Singleton I. (2006) The use of ozone in the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Chemosphere 63(2):307-14. PMID 16153687
  2. ^ Valenstein P, Bardy GH, Cox CC, Zwadyk P. (1983) Pseudomonas alcaligenes endocarditis. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 79(2):245-7. PMID 6823910
  3. ^ Anzai, et al. (2000, Jul). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50 (Pt 4): 1563–89. PMID 10939664. 
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