Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas khazarica Tarhriz et al. 2020.
Synonym: Ectopseudomonas khazarica (Tarhriz et al. 2020) Rudra and Gupta 2024.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-0.6 x 1.2-1.7 µm. Motile by a single polar flagellum.
Colonies on marine agar medium are cream colored,circular, convex and entire. Can
grow without NaCl and tolerate it up to 6.5% after 48 h and 8.5% after one week with
optimum growth in 2% NaCl, at 10-45 ºC (optimally at 30 ºC), pH range of 3.0-10.0
(optimum pH of 6.0-7.0). Can grow on MacConkey agar, nutrient agar, brain heart
infusion (BHI), LuriaBertani (LB) media and sea water agar. Aerobic.
Isolated from Khazar (Caspian) Sea.
Can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Undetermined.
- Tarhriz V, Nouioui I, Sproer C, Verbarg S, Ebrahimi V, Cortes-Albayay C, Schumann P, Hejazi MA, Klenk HP, Hejazi MS.
Pseudomonas khazarica sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Khazar Sea sediments.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:521-532.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, amylase, catalase, casein hydrolysis, aesculin hydrolysis,
esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lysine decarboxylase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate reduction, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, tyrosinase, tryptophan deaminase, trypsin, Tween 20 and 80 hydrolysis, alpha-chymotrypsin,
urease, valine arylamidase, acid production from: cellobiose, D-glucose, D-fructose, D-maltose, glycerol, D-galactose, D-glucose,
D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, esculin, D-lactose (bovine origin), D-saccharose (sucrose) and D-trehalose.
Can assimilate (API 20 NE): glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate.
Can utilize L-arginine and L-ornithine.
Negative results for gelatinase, H2S production, indole production, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from L-arabinose,
D-mannose, raffinose and D-xylose.
No utilization of L-arabinose, D-fructose, pyruvate and D-xylose.

(c) Costin Stoica