Pseudomonas abietaniphila
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Bacteria => Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pseudomonadales => Pseudomonadaceae => Pseudomonas =>
Pseudomonas abietaniphila Mohn et al. 1999.
Not included in ABIS database (admin note).
Gram negative rods.
Grows on pulp mill effluents with resin acids by using them as a carbon source.
Resin acids are diterpenoid carboxylic acids which occur naturally in trees (pines).
Aerobic, 30ºC
Trypticase Soy Agar;
Trypticase Soy Broth.
Isolated from soil & aerated wastewater discharges of bleached kraft wood pulp mills.
Unknown pathogenicity (none).
- Mohn, et al. (1999 Feb). "Physiological and phylogenetic diversity of bacteria growing on resin acids". Syst Appl Microbiol 22
(1): 68-78.
- Martin VJ, Yu Z, Mohn WW. (1999). "Recent advances in understanding resin acid biodegradation: microbial diversity and
metabolism". Arch Microbiol172 (3): 131-138.
- Vincent J. J. Martin and William W. Mohn: A Novel Aromatic-Ring-Hydroxylating Dioxygenase from the Diterpenoid-Degrading
Bacterium Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9. J Bacteriol. 1999 May; 181(9): 2675–2682.
Bacteria is able to degrade dehydroabietic acid.
(c) Costin Stoica