Poli-beta-hydroxybutyrate

Growth at 41'C

Arginine dihydrolase

Oxidase

Denitrification

Gelatin hydrolysis

Starch

Glucose utilization

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Trehalose utilization

2-Ketogluconate utilization

m-Inositol utilization

Lecithinase

Urease

Esculin

ONPG (beta-galactosidase)

Citrate utilization

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Bacteria => Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pseudomonadales => Pseudomonadaceae => Pseudomonas =>
Pseudomonas luteola  Kodama et al. 1985. Synonym: CDC group Ve-1.
Moved to
Chryseomonas luteola  Holmes et al. 1987. Returned to Pseudomonas luteola  Anzai et al. 1997.
Chryseomonas polytricha Holmes et al. 1986 is now included in Pseudomonas luteola species.
Gram negative, motile with polar multitrichous flagella, rods 0.8 by 2.5 µm rods.
R or S type, sometimes wrinkled, yellow colonies (water-insoluble pigment).
Strictly aerobic, optimal growth temperature 30 ºC. Can grow at 42 but not at 5 ºC.
Media: Nutritive agar, Trypticase Soy Agar, Mac Conkey, CASO Agar.
Isolated from clinical samples from humans and animals, also from rice paddies and rice flour.
Usually is a saprophyte of humans and animals. Can cause bacteremia, meningitis, endocarditis, peritonitis in humans & animals
(rarely).
Isolated from cat vaginal secretions (admin note).
  1. Holmes B. Steigerwalt A.G., Weaver R.E. & Brenner D.J.: Chryseomonas luteola comb. nov. and Flavimonas oryzihabitans
    gen. nov., comb. nov., Pseudomonas-like species from human clinical specimens and formerly known, respectively, as
    groups Ve-1 and Ve-2. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 245-250.
  2. Kodama K., Kimura N. & Komagata K.: Two new species of Pseudomonas: P. oryzihabitans isolated from rice paddy and
    clinical specimens and P. luteola isolated from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 467-474.
  3. Anzai Y., Kudo Y. & Oyaizu H.: The phylogeny of the genera Chryseomonas, Flavimonas, and Pseudomonas supports
    synonymy of these three genera. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 249-251.
  4. Jean-Paul Casalta, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Gilbert Habib, Alberto Riberi, Didier Raoult: Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused
    by Pseudomonas luteola. BMC Infectious Diseases 2005, 5:82doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-82.
  5. B. Holmes, A. G. Steigerwalt, R. E. Weaver, and Don J. Brenner: Chryseomonas polytricha gen. nov., sp. nov., a Pseudomonas-
    Like Organism from Human Clinical Specimens and Formerly Known as Group Ve-1. Int J Syst Bacteriol April 1986 36:161-
    165; doi:10.1099/00207713-36-2-161.
Indole not formed; oxidative in glucose and other carbohydrates; distinguished from
phenotypically similar
Flavimonas oryzihabitans by positive test reactions for nitrate
reduction, sorbitol utilization and hydrolysis of ONPG, esculin and arginine.
Pseudomonas (Chryseomonas) luteola
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