Pseudomonas citronellolis

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Pseudomonas citronellolis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Genus: Pseudomonas
Species: P. citronellolis
Binomial name
Pseudomonas citronellolis
Seubert 1960
Type strain
ATCC 13674

CCUG 17933
CFBP 5585
CIP 104381
DSM 50332
IAM 15129
LMG 18378
NRRL B-2504

Pseudomonas citronellolis is a Gram-negative bacterium that is used to study the mechanisms of pyruvate carboxylase[1]. It was first isolated from forest soil, under pine trees, in northern Virginia[2]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. citronellolis has been placed in the P. aeruginosa group[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Seubert W., Remberger U. (1961) Purification and mechanism of action of pyruvate carboxylase from Pseudomonas citronellolis. Biochem Z. 334:401-14. PMID 13750403
  2. ^ Seubert, W. (1960 Mar). "Degradation of isoprenoid compounds by micro-organisms. I. Isolation and characterization of an isoprenoid-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas citronellolis n. sp.". J Bacteriol 79: 426–34. PMID 14445211. 
  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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