Pseudomonas corrugata & P. mediterranea
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
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Pathogenicity
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas,
Pseudomonas corrugata Roberts and Scarlett 1981

Pseudomonas mediterranea Catara et al. 2002 was previously known as
Pseudomonas corrugata phenon B.
Gram-negative cells. Accumulate poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate.
Nonfluorescent, smooth or wrinkled colonies, frequently produce yellow to brown
pigments. Aerobic, optimal growth temperature 26 ºC. Grows onTrypticase Soy Agar,
Nutrient agar, King’s B agar.
Isolated from soil and plants.
Bacteria is the causal agent of tomato pith necrosis. May produce onion rot, lettuce and alfalfa necrosis, experimental tobacco leaves
hypersensitivity.
  1. Scarlett CM; Fletcher J; Roberts P; Lelliott RA: Tomato pith necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrugata n. sp. Ann Appl Biol 88,
    105-114, 1978.
  2. Sutra L; Siverio F; Lopez MM; Hunault G; Bollet C; Gardan L.: Taxonomy of Pseudomonas strains isolated from tomato pith
    necrosis: emended description of Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of three unnamed fluorescent Pseudomonas
    genomospecies. Int J Syst Bacteriol 47, 1020-1039, 1997.
  3. Catara V., Sutra L., Morineau A., Achouak W., Christen R. & Gardan L.: Phenotypic and genomic evidence for the revision of
    Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of Pseudomonas mediterranea sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1749-1758.
  4. F. L. Lukezic Pseudomonas corrugata, a Pathogen of Tomato, Isolated from Symptomless Alfalfa Roots. Phytopathology  Vol. 69,
    No. 1, 1979.
  5. Sarah E. Burr, Stefanie Gobeli, Peter Kuhnert, Elinor Goldschmidt-Clermont, and Joachim Frey: Pseudomonas chlororaphis
    subsp. piscium subsp. nov., isolated from freshwater fish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol December 2010 60:2753-2757.
  6. 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.
Positive results for oxidase, lecithinase and nitrates reduction to nitrites.
Can utilize: N-acetylglucosamine, D- and L-alanine, 4-aminobutyrate, 5-aminovalerate, D-arabitol, L-arabinose, L-aspartate,
cis-aconitate, acetate, betaine, caprate, caprylate, citrate, ethanol-amine, D-fructose, fumarate, D-galactose, D-galacturonate,
gluconate, D-glucosamine, D-glucose, D-glucuronate, L-glutamate, glycerol, p-hydroxybenzoate, DL-beta-hydroxybutyrate,
2-oxoglutarate, DL-lactate, D-lyxose, L-malate, malonate, D-mannitol, D-mannose, mucate, myo-inositol, L-proline, propionate,
protocatechuate, putrescine, quinate, D-ribose, D-saccharate, sucrose, L-serine, succinate, D-trehalose, trans-aconitate, trigonelline,
L-tyrosine, valerate, L-valine and D-xylose.

Negative results for esculin hydrolysis, levan production, indole production, ONPG, starch hydrolysis
and urease. Non-pectolytic.
Not utilized: adonitol, L-arabitol, adipate, benzoate, D-cellobiose, m-coumarate, dulcitol, erythritol, DL-fucose, gentisate, gentobiose,
L-histidine, m-hydroxybenzoate, hydroxyquinoline, beta-glucuronide, itaconate, 5-ketogluconate, lactose, lactulose, maltitol, maltose,
maltotriose, D-melezitose, D-melibiose, D-malate, 1-O-methyl alpha-galactopyranoside, 1-O-methyl beta-galactopyranoside,
1-O-methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, palatinose, phenylacetate, 3-phenylpropionate, D-raffiose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose,
D-tagatose, L-tartrate, tricarballylate, L-tryptophan, D-turanose, ethanol and xylitol.

Arginine dihydrolase and gelatin hydrolysis are variable.
Variable utilization of meso-tartrate, isovalerate, isobutyrate, 2-ketogluconate, citraconate, histamine, ethanolamine and amylamine.
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meso-Tartrate
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