Pseudomonas pertucinogena

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Pseudomonas pertucinogena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Genus: Pseudomonas
Species: P. pertucinogena
Binomial name
Pseudomonas pertucinogena
Kawai and Yabuuchi, 1975
Type species
ATCC 190

CCUG 7832
CIP 106696
JCM 11590
LMG 1874
NBRC 14163

Pseudomonas pertucinogena is Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium. It derives its name from the fact that it produces pertucin, a bacteriocin active against phase I organisms of Bordetella pertussis[1]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. pertucinogena has been placed in the P. pertucinogena group[2], named after this species.

[edit] The Pseudomonas pertucinogena group

P. pertucinogena lends its name to a subgroup within the genus Pseudomonas. The only other member of the P. pertucinogena subgroup is Pseudomonas denitrificans.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kawai Y (1974 Sep). "Purification and characterization of pertucin produced by Pseudomonas pertucinogena". Antimicrob Agents Chemother 6 (3): 347–59. PMID 15830486. 
  2. ^ 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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