Pseudomonas alcaliphila

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Pseudomonas alcaliphila is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 62.3-63.2%. Pseudomonas alcaliphila is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Yumoto2001)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, and seawater. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Yumoto2001);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • casein; gelatin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate 0% salt; strain-variable at 7(d)%; Grows optimally with 3-5% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 7; tolerates pH 10;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 4℃; grows at 30℃; doesn't grow at 40℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; xylose; glycerol; mannitol;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • fructose; glucose; glycerol; mannitol; arginine; glutamate; proline; citrate; L-malate; succinate; glutamine; D-malate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • arginine dihydrolase; catalase; oxidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Yumoto2001);
    Character Response
  • ✗
  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
  • ✓
  • Nitrate:
  • reduced
  • ✓
  • NO3➔NO2:
  • reduced
  • Pigments:
  • white

  • Ley, R. E., Turnbaugh, P. J., Klein, S., & Gordon, J. I. (2006). Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity. Nature, 444(7122), 1022–1023.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Proteobacteria Class:  Gammaproteobacteria Order:  Pseudomonadales Family:  Pseudomonadaceae Genus:  Pseudomonas Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  white
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, and seawater
    DNA G+C(%):  62.3-63.2
    Low T(℃):  4(+)
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(neg)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0(neg)
    NaCl >6%:  7(d)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  7(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Gelatin:  + Starch:  neg Casein:  + DNA:  neg Tween:  20(+) 40(+) 60(+) 80(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Galactose:  neg Glucose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Glycerol:  + Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Galactose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Raffinose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Glycerol:  + Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  neg Arg:  + Glu:  + Gly:  w Orn:  neg Pro:  + Val:  neg Citrate:  + L-Malate:  + Pyruvate:  neg Succinate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  + Urease:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg ArgDH:  +
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg Pigment:  white

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIPHILA
  • Yumoto2001 - Pseudomonas alcaliphila sp. nov., a novel facultatively psychrophilic alkaliphile isolated from seawater.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIPHILA
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021