Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas panipatensis Gupta et al. 2008.
Gram-negative, nonsporulating rods, 1.0-1.2 x 2.8-3.5 μm. Motile by a single polar
flagellum.
Colonies are smooth, circular and muddy-white, growing up to 1.5 mm diameter on
Luria Bertani agar after 72 hours incubation at 30 ºC.
Aerobic. No growth at 4 ºC; grows at 41 ºC, optimum temperature 28-37 ºC and pH 5-
9, but growth does not occur in the presence of 3% NaCl. Growth is observed on
MacConkey agar, Mueller–Hinton agar, Luria Bertani medium.
Isolated from oil-contaminated refinery soil in India.
Unknown.
- Gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Kumari, Rekha, Prakash, Om, Lal, Rup. Pseudomonas panipatensis sp. nov., isolated from an oil-
contaminated site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1339-1345.
- Li M, Ma Q, Kong D, Han X, Che J, Zhou Y, Jiang X, Ruan Z, Zhang Q. Pseudomonas nicosulfuronedens sp. nov., a nicosulfuron
degrading bacterium, isolated from a microbial consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4632.
Positive for oxidase, catalase, DNase, nitrate reductase, urease, acid production from D-glucose and maltose.
Can utilize as carbon source: D-glucose, D-fructose, D-arabinose, trehalose, heptane, sorbitol, acetate, L-proline, o-cresol, allantoin,
pyruvate and citrate.
Negative results for lecithinase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, indole production, methyl red, Voges–Proskauer, amylase, acid
production from: adonitol, mannitol, ribose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-arabinose, sucrose, xylose, raffinose and lactose.
No utilization as sole carbon source: sucrose, D-xylose, lactose, raffinose, pyridine, cystine, D-mannitol, D- ribose, D-galactose, L-
arabinose, toluene, glycerol, L-serine, sorbose, inositol, pyrocatechal, aniline, para-nitrophenol and alpha-naphtol are not utilized.
Variable utilization of D-galactose and L-histidine.
(c) Costin Stoica