Not utilized: adonitol, L-arabitol, benzoate, D-cellobiose, m-coumarate, dulcitol, erythritol, DL-fucose, gentisate, gentobiose,
L-histidine, m-hydroxybenzoate, hydroxyquinoline, beta-glucuronide, itaconate, 5-ketogluconate, lactose, lactulose, maltitol, maltose,
maltotriose, D-melezitose, D-melibiose, 1-O-methyl alpha-galactopyranoside, 1-O-methyl beta-galactopyranoside, 1-O-methyl
beta-d-glucopyranoside, palatinose, phenylacetate, 3-phenylpropionate, D-raffiose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, D-tagatose,
L-tartrate, tricarballylate, L-tryptophan, D-turanose, ethanol & xylitol.

Variable utilization of meso-tartrate, isovalerate, isobutyrate, 2-Ketogluconate, citraconate, histamine, ethanolamine & amylamine.
Pseudomonas corrugata & P. mediterranea
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References
Bacteria => Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pseudomonadales => Pseudomonadaceae => Pseudomonas =>
Pseudomonas corrugata Roberts and Scarlett 1981
Pseudomonas mediterranea Catara et al. 2002 was previously known as Pseudomonas corrugata phenon B.
Gram-negative cells.
Non-fluorescent , smooth or wrinkled colonies, frequently produce yellow to brown
pigments.
Aerobic, optimal growth temperature 26 °C.
Media: Trypticase Soy Agar, Nutrient agar, King’s B agar.
Isolated from soil & plants.
Bacteria is the causal agent of tomato pith necrosis. May produce onion rot, lettuce & alfalfa  necrosis, experimental tobacco  leaves
hypersensitivity.
  1. Scarlett CM;Fletcher J;Roberts P;Lelliott RA: Tomato pith necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrugata n. sp. Ann Appl Biol
    88, 105-114, 1978
  2. Sutra L; Siverio F; Lopez MM; Hunault G; Bollet C; Gardan L.: Taxonomy of Pseudomonas strains isolated from tomato pith
    necrosis: emended description of Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of three unnamed fluorescent Pseudomonas
    genomospecies. Int J Syst Bacteriol 47, 1020-1039, 1997.
  3. Catara V., Sutra L., Morineau A., Achouak W., Christen R. & Gardan L.: Phenotypic and genomic evidence for the revision of
    Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of Pseudomonas mediterranea sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1749-
    1758.
  4. F. L. Lukezic Pseudomonas corrugata, a Pathogen of Tomato, Isolated from Symptomless Alfalfa Roots. Phytopathology  
    Vol. 69, No. 1, 1979.
Oxidase is positive, levan is not produced, non-pectolytic, nitrates are reduced to nitrites.
Esculin hydrolysis are negative. Arginine dihydrolase & gelatin hydrolysis are variable.

N-acetylglucosamine, D-andL-alanine, 4-aminobutyrate, 5-aminovalerate, D-arabitol,
L-arabinose, L-aspartate, cis-aconitate, betaine, caprate, caprylate, citrate, ethanol-
amine, D-fructose, fumarate, D-galactose, D-galacturonate, gluconate, D-glucosamine, D-glucose, D-glucuronate, L-glutamate,
glycerol, p-hydroxybenzoate, DL-bhydroxybutyrate, 2-oxoglutarate, DL-lactate, D-lyxose, L-malate, malonate, D-mannitol,
D-mannose, mucate, myo-inositol, L-proline, propionate, protocatechuate, putrescine, quinate, D-ribose, D-saccharate, sucrose,
L-serine, succinate, D-trehalose, trans-aconitate, trigonelline, L-tyrosine & D-xylose.

 

Phenotypic differentiation

Pseudomonas corrugata phenon A.

Pseudomonas corrugata phenon B

(Pseudomonas mediterranea)

meso-Tartrate

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2-Ketogluconate

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Histamine

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D-Tartrate

d

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