Pseudomonas argentinensis
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas,
Pseudomonas argentinensis Peix et al. 2005.
Gram-negative, 1.3-1.9 / 0.5-0.7 µm; motile with a single polar flagellum, rods.
On solid medium: circular, convex, translucent, yellow colonies and 0.52.5 mm in
diameter / 48 h. Produce a water-insoluble yellow pigment and a fluorescent pigment.
Strictly aerobic, optimum growth temperature 28 ºC. No growth at 4 or 41 ºC.
Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood.
Isolated from soil in Argentina.
Unknown (none).
  1. Peix A., Berge O., Rivas R., Abril A. & Velazquez E.: Pseudomonas argentinensis sp. nov., a novel yellow pigment-producing
    bacterial species, isolated from rhizospheric soil in Córdoba, Argentina. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1107-1112.
  2. Ramos E, Ramirez-Bahena MH, Valverde A, Velazquez E, Zuniga D, Velezmoro C, Peix A. Pseudomonas punonensis sp. nov.,
    isolated from straw. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1834-1839.
  3. Korshunova TY, Ramirez-Bahena MH, Chetverikov SP, Igual JM, Peix A, Loginov O. Pseudomonas turukhanskensis sp. nov.,
    isolated from oil-contaminated soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4657-4664.
  4. Bueno-Gonzalez V, Brady C, Denman S, Plummer S, Allainguillaume J, Arnold D. Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and
    Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
    2019; 69:3368-3376.
Positive results for oxidase, catalase and nitrates reduction.
Can utilize / assimilate: D,L,lactic acid, itaconate, malonate (weakly), L-alanine, L-histidine, valerate, L-arabinose, galactose, glucose,
D-fructose, mannose, mannitol, trehalose, D-fucose, beta-gentiobiose, gluconate, 2-ketogluconate, caprate, malate and citrate.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, aesculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, tryptophan
deaminase, urease and acid production from glucose.
Does not assimilate L-leucine, acetic acid, turanose, adipate, phenylacetate, D-arabinose, L-fucose, inositol, adonitol, L-arabitol,
L-lyxose, xylitol, L-xylose, L-sorbose, methyl beta-D-xyloside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, L-rhamnose,
amygdalin, arbutin, salicin, cellobiose, lactose, sucrose, inulin, melezitose, D-raffinose, starch, glycogen, erythritol, sorbitol, dulcitol,
N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, D-turanose, D-tagatose and 5-ketogluconate.

Variable results for the assimilation of: glycerol, D-ribose, D-xylose, melibiose and D-arabitol.
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