A Database of Biochemical Test of Proteobacteria

Gamma Proteobacteria

The most diverse class of gram-negative bacteria is Gammaproteobacteria, and it includes a number of human pathogens. For example, a large and diverse family, Pseudomonaceae, includes the genus Pseudomonas. Within this genus is the species P. aeruginosa, a pathogen responsible for diverse infections in various regions of the body.

P. aeruginosa is a strictly aerobic, nonfermenting, highly motile bacterium. It often infects wounds and burns, can be the cause of chronic urinary tract infections, and can be an important cause of respiratory infections in patients with cystic fibrosis or patients on mechanical ventilators. Infections by P. aeruginosa are often difficult to treat because the bacterium is resistant to many antibiotics and has a remarkable ability to form biofilms.

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PSYCHROMONAS BOYDII

Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Genus:	Psychromonas
Species:	Psychromonas boydii
Description:	Cells are Gram-negative, non-motile, large rods, 8–18μm long (mean 14μm), found either singly or in chains and containing two gas vesicle morphologies. On SWC, colonies are white, circular and convex, with a smooth appearance and an entire margin.
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Source:	The type and only known strain isolated from an open water site at Point Barrow, Alaska, USA, about 40–60 cm from the ice/water interface from a 1.8 m ice core
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Genbank:	FJ822615.1(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide]
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Reference:	AUMAN (A.J.), BREEZEE (J.L.), GOSINK (J.J.), SCHUMANN (P.), BARNES (C.R.), KÄMPFER (P.) and STALEY (J.T.): Psychromonas boydii sp. nov., a gas-vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Arctic sea-ice core. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 84-92.
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Database of Biochemical Tests of Proteobacteria

A Taxonomic resource of the second largest group of bacteria

Gamma Proteobacteria

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PSYCHROMONAS BOYDII