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 KAIKOAE

Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Genus:	Psychromonas
Species:	Psychromonas kaikoae
Description:	Cells are Gram-negative rods, 2.0-4.0 x 0.8-1.0μm, motile by means of a single unsheathed polar flagellum.Halophilic, psychrophilic and piezophilic. Optimal growth occurs at an NaCl concentration of about 3 %.No growth occurs in the absence of NaCl.
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Source:	isolated from sediment collected from the deepest cold-seep environment with chemosynthesis-based animal communities within the Japan Trench, at a depth of 7434 m.
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Genbank:	AB052160.1(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide]
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Reference:	NOGI (Y.), KATO (C.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Psychromonas kaikoae sp. nov., a novel piezophilic bacterium from the deepest cold-seep sediments in the Japan Trench. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1527-1532.
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Database of Biochemical Tests of Proteobacteria

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Gamma Proteobacteria

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PSYCHROMONAS KAIKOAE