Pseudomonas

RANK: Genus

TAXONOMY: cellular organisms -> Bacteria -> Proteobacteria -> Gammaproteobacteria -> Pseudomonadales -> Pseudomonadaceae -> Pseudomonas

OVERVIEW:

'Pseudomonas' is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic gammaproteobacteria, belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae containing 191 validly described species. The members of the genus demonstrate a great deal of metabolic diversity, and consequently are able to colonize a wide range of niches. Their ease of culture in vitro and availability of an increasing number of Pseudomonas strain genome sequences has made the genus an excellent focus for scientific research; the best studied species include Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Straight or slightly curved rods but not helical, 0.5–1.0 × 1.5–5.0 µm. Most of the species do not accumulate granules of polyhydroxybutyrate, but accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates of monomer lengths higher than C4 may occur when growing on alkanes or gluconate. Do not produce prosthecae and are not surrounded by sheaths. No resting stages are known. Gram negative. Motile by one or several polar flagella; rarely nonmotile. In some species lateral flagella of short wavelength may also be formed. Aerobic, having a strictly respiratory type of metabolism with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor; in some cases nitrate can be used as an alternate electron acceptor, allowing growth to occur anaerobically. Xanthomonadins are not produced. Most, if not all, species fail to grow under acid conditions (pH 4.5 or lower). Most species do not require organic growth factors. Oxidase positive or negative. Catalase positive. Chemoorganotrophic. Strains of the species include in their composition the hydroxylated fatty acids C10:0 3OH and C12:0, and C12:0 2OH, and ubiquinone Q-9. Widely distributed in nature. Some species are pathogenic for humans, animals, or plants.The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 58–69.Type species: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072]


Gut associated
Catalase producer
Microbial Abundance Data: Pseudomonas
Percent of total population with standard deviation [PMID: 22698087]. Percentages > 1% highlighted.
Buccal
Mucosa
Keratinized
Gingiva
Hard
Palate
Throat
Tonsils
Saliva
Stool
0.006 %
(0.023)
0.004 %
(0.035)
0.013 %
(0.050)
0.043 %
(0.237)
0.000 %
(0.001)
0.003 %
(0.011)
0.000 %
(0.004)
DESCENDANTS
  • Candidatus Pseudomonas adelgestsugas
  • Pseudomonas abietaniphila
  • Pseudomonas acephalitica
  • Pseudomonas acetoxians
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa group
  • Pseudomonas agarici
  • Pseudomonas agarolyticus
  • Pseudomonas alcaliphila
  • Pseudomonas alginovora
  • Pseudomonas alkylphenolia
  • Pseudomonas andersonii
  • Pseudomonas antarctica
  • Pseudomonas argentinensis
  • Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans
  • Pseudomonas asplenii
  • Pseudomonas auricularis
  • Pseudomonas azotifigens
  • Pseudomonas baetica
  • Pseudomonas batumici
  • Pseudomonas bauzanensis
  • Pseudomonas benzenivorans
  • Pseudomonas blatchfordae
  • Pseudomonas borbori
  • Pseudomonas borealis
  • Pseudomonas brassicacearum
  • Pseudomonas chengduensis
  • Pseudomonas chlororaphis group
  • Pseudomonas cinnamophila
  • Pseudomonas clemancea
  • Pseudomonas collierea
  • Pseudomonas composti
  • Pseudomonas constantinii
  • Pseudomonas cremoricolorata
  • Pseudomonas cuatrocienegasensis
  • Pseudomonas deceptionensis
  • Pseudomonas delhiensis
  • Pseudomonas diterpeniphila
  • Pseudomonas duriflava
  • Pseudomonas endophytica
  • Pseudomonas entomophila
  • Pseudomonas extremaustralis
  • Pseudomonas filiscindens
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens group
  • Pseudomonas formosensis
  • Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis
  • Pseudomonas gelidicola
  • Pseudomonas gessardi
  • Pseudomonas gingeri
  • Pseudomonas graminis
  • Pseudomonas granadensis
  • Pseudomonas grimontii
  • Pseudomonas guangdongensis
  • Pseudomonas guariconensis
  • Pseudomonas guezennei
  • Pseudomonas guguanensis
  • Pseudomonas guineae
  • Pseudomonas halodenitrificans
  • Pseudomonas halophila
  • Pseudomonas helleri
  • Pseudomonas helmanticensis
  • Pseudomonas hunanensis
  • Pseudomonas hussainii
  • Pseudomonas hydrogenovora
  • Pseudomonas indica
  • Pseudomonas indoloxydans
  • Pseudomonas japonica
  • Pseudomonas jessenii
  • Pseudomonas kilonensis
  • Pseudomonas knackmussii
  • Pseudomonas koreensis
  • Pseudomonas kunmingensis
  • Pseudomonas kuykendallii
  • Pseudomonas lini
  • Pseudomonas linyingensis
  • Pseudomonas litoralis
  • Pseudomonas lurida
  • Pseudomonas lutea
  • Pseudomonas marginata
  • Pseudomonas marincola
  • Pseudomonas matsuisoli
  • Pseudomonas meridiana
  • Pseudomonas mesoacidophila
  • Pseudomonas metavorans
  • Pseudomonas mohnii
  • Pseudomonas moorei
  • Pseudomonas moraviensis
  • Pseudomonas multiaromavorans
  • Pseudomonas mutabilis
  • Pseudomonas nitritireducens
  • Pseudomonas oryzae
  • Pseudomonas otitidis
  • Pseudomonas pachastrellae
  • Pseudomonas palleroniana
  • Pseudomonas panacis
  • Pseudomonas panipatensis
  • Pseudomonas parafulva
  • Pseudomonas pavonanceae
  • Pseudomonas pelagia
  • Pseudomonas peli
  • Pseudomonas pertucinogena group
  • Pseudomonas pohangensis
  • Pseudomonas populi
  • Pseudomonas prosekii
  • Pseudomonas proteolytica
  • Pseudomonas psychrophila
  • Pseudomonas psychrotolerans
  • Pseudomonas pudica
  • Pseudomonas punonensis
  • Pseudomonas putida group
  • Pseudomonas rathonis
  • Pseudomonas reactans
  • Pseudomonas reinekei
  • Pseudomonas reptilivora
  • Pseudomonas rhizosphaerae
  • Pseudomonas sabulinigri
  • Pseudomonas sagittaria
  • Pseudomonas salegens
  • Pseudomonas salinarum
  • Pseudomonas salomonii
  • Pseudomonas saponiphila
  • Pseudomonas segetis
  • Pseudomonas seleniipraecipitans
  • Pseudomonas simiae
  • Pseudomonas soli
  • Pseudomonas songnenensis
  • Pseudomonas sp. AU12
  • Pseudomonas sp. CBMAI 1177
  • Pseudomonas sp. CGMCC 4184
  • Pseudomonas sp. GmFRB023
  • Pseudomonas sp. KB23
  • Pseudomonas sp. KVS86
  • Pseudomonas sp. MFY143
  • Pseudomonas sp. a101-18-2
  • Pseudomonas sp. a111-5
  • Pseudomonas sp. oral taxon 032
  • Pseudomonas sp. ps4-2
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri group
  • Pseudomonas syringae group
  • Pseudomonas taeanensis
  • Pseudomonas taiwanensis
  • Pseudomonas teessidea
  • Pseudomonas thermocarboxydovorans
  • Pseudomonas thermotolerans
  • Pseudomonas thivervalensis
  • Pseudomonas toyotomiensis
  • Pseudomonas trautweinii
  • Pseudomonas tropicalis
  • Pseudomonas tuomuerensis
  • Pseudomonas umsongensis
  • Pseudomonas vancouverensis
  • Pseudomonas vranovensis
  • Pseudomonas weihenstephanensis
  • Pseudomonas wisconsinensis
  • Pseudomonas xiamenensis
  • Pseudomonas xinjiangensis
  • Pseudomonas yamanorum
  • Pseudomonas zeshuii
  • Pseudomonas zhaodongensis
  • [Flavobacterium] lutescens
  • environmental samples
  • unclassified Pseudomonas
  • INTERACTIONS

    Pseudomonas growth enhanced by
  • Enterobacter
  • METABOLOMICS   

    Metabolic Endproducts
  • Riboflavin

  • Growth Inhibited by
  • Garlic (allicin)
  • Resistant starch (type III)
  • Hyocyamine
  • Berberine
  • Oplopanax horridus
  • Vitamin D
  • Whole-grain barley
  • Oregano essential oil

  • Biotransforms
  • Tannin
  • Tannic acid

  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Chloramphenicol (cml_e1)
  • Astromicin (aac3ia)
  • Sisomicin (aac3ia)
  • Gentamicin (aac3ia)
  • Sulfonamide (sul1)
  • Chloramphenicol (mexf)
  • Fluoroquinolone (mexf)
  • Monobactam (bl2be_shv2)
  • E cephalosproin (bl2be_shv2)
  • Penicillin (bl2be_shv2)
  • N cephalosproin (bl2be_shv2)
  • Aminoglycoside (mexy)
  • Glycylcycline (mexy)
  • Tobramycin (aac6ib)
  • Netilmicin (aac6ib)
  • Isepamicin (aac6ib)
  • Amikacin (aac6ib)
  • Sisomicin (aac6ib)
  • Dibekacin (aac6ib)
  • Fosfomycin (fosc)
  • Tobramycin (ant2ib)
  • Sisomicin (ant2ib)
  • Kanamycin (ant2ib)
  • Gentamicin (ant2ib)
  • Dibekacin (ant2ib)
  • Streptomycin (aph6id)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_oxa2)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_oxa2)
  • Tetracycline (tetl)
  • Tigecycline (mexb)
  • Aminoglycoside (mexb)
  • Fluoroquinolone (mexb)
  • Beta lactam (mexb)
  • Tetracycline (mexb)
  • Tetracycline (tetm)
  • Tobramycin (aac6iib)
  • Netilmicin (aac6iib)
  • Sisomicin (aac6iib)
  • Gentamicin (aac6iib)
  • Dibekacin (aac6iib)
  • Paromomycin (aac3iii)
  • Sisomicin (aac3iii)
  • Neomycin (aac3iii)
  • Kanamycin (aac3iii)
  • Dibekacin (aac3iii)
  • Lividomycin (aac3iii)
  • Tobramycin (aac3iii)
  • Gentamicin (aac3iii)
  • Glycylcycline (oprj)
  • Fluoroquinolone (oprj)
  • Roxithromycin (oprj)
  • Erythromycin (oprj)
  • Cephalosporin (bl2_veb)
  • Penicillin (bl2_veb)
  • Monobactam (bl2be_per)
  • E cephalosproin (bl2be_per)
  • Penicillin (bl2be_per)
  • N cephalosproin (bl2be_per)
  • Cephalosproin (bl1_pao)
  • Cephalosporin ii (bl2b_tem2)
  • Penicillin (bl2b_tem2)
  • Cephalosporin i (bl2b_tem2)
  • Trimethoprim (dfra17)
  • Cephamycin (bl3_gim)
  • Cephalosporin (bl3_gim)
  • Penicillin (bl3_gim)
  • Carbapenem (bl3_gim)
  • Tigecycline (mexa)
  • Aminoglycoside (mexa)
  • Fluoroquinolone (mexa)
  • Beta lactam (mexa)
  • Tetracycline (mexa)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_oxa1)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_oxa1)
  • Cephalosporin (bl2_ges)
  • Penicillin (bl2_ges)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_oxa5)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_oxa5)
  • Tobramycin (aac3iia)
  • Netilmicin (aac3iia)
  • Sisomicin (aac3iia)
  • Gentamicin (aac3iia)
  • Dibekacin (aac3iia)
  • Chloramphenicol (catb3)
  • Cephalosporin ii (bl2b_tem1)
  • Penicillin (bl2b_tem1)
  • Cephalosporin i (bl2b_tem1)
  • Glycylcycline (mexd)
  • Fluoroquinolone (mexd)
  • Roxithromycin (mexd)
  • Erythromycin (mexd)
  • Chloramphenicol (cata1)
  • Tetracycline (tetx)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_oxa10)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_oxa10)
  • Spectinomycin (ant3ia)
  • Streptomycin (ant3ia)
  • Trimethoprim (dfra12)
  • Erythromycin (erea)
  • Tetracycline (tetc)
  • Tigecycline (oprm)
  • Aminoglycoside (oprm)
  • Fluoroquinolone (oprm)
  • Beta lactam (oprm)
  • Tetracycline (oprm)
  • Chloramphenicol (mexe)
  • Fluoroquinolone (mexe)
  • Tobramycin (ant2ia)
  • Sisomicin (ant2ia)
  • Kanamycin (ant2ia)
  • Gentamicin (ant2ia)
  • Dibekacin (ant2ia)
  • Chloramphenicol (catb2)
  • Trimethoprim (dfra15)
  • Streptogramin b (msra)
  • Lincosamide (msra)
  • Macrolide (msra)
  • Carbenicillin (bl2c_pse3)
  • Penicillin (bl2c_pse3)
  • Tobramycin (ant4iia)
  • Isepamicin (ant4iia)
  • Amikacin (ant4iia)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_lcr1)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_lcr1)
  • Cloxacillin (bl2d_oxa9)
  • Penicillin (bl2d_oxa9)
  • Trimethoprim (dfra1)
  • Cephalosporin (bl1_pse)
  • Gentamicin b (aph3via)
  • Paromomycin (aph3via)
  • Neomycin (aph3via)
  • Kanamycin (aph3via)
  • Ribostamycin (aph3via)
  • Isepamicin (aph3via)
  • Butirosin (aph3via)
  • Amikacin (aph3via)
  • Tetracycline (teta)
  • Chloramphenicol (catb4)
  • Tetracycline (tetb)
  • Tobramycin (aac6iia)
  • Netilmicin (aac6iia)
  • Sisomicin (aac6iia)
  • Gentamicin (aac6iia)
  • Dibekacin (aac6iia)
  • Cephamycin (bl3_vim)
  • Cephalosporin (bl3_vim)
  • Penicillin (bl3_vim)
  • Carbapenem (bl3_vim)
  • Tobramycin (aac3iv)
  • Netilmicin (aac3iv)
  • Sisomicin (aac3iv)
  • Gentamicin (aac3iv)
  • Dibekacin (aac3iv)
  • Apramycin (aac3iv)
  • Cephalosporin (bl2b_tem)
  • Penicillin (bl2b_tem)
  • Carbenicillin (bl2c_pse1)
  • Penicillin (bl2c_pse1)
  • Streptomycin (aph6ic)
  • Cephalosproin (bl3_imp)
  • Cephamycin (bl3_imp)
  • Penicillin (bl3_imp)
  • Carbapenem (bl3_imp)
  • Trimethoprim (dfrb2)
  • Streptomycin (aph33ib)
  • Aminoglycoside (mexx)
  • Glycylcycline (mexx)
  • Chloramphenicol (oprn)
  • Fluoroquinolone (oprn)