
Positive results for oxidase, catalase and lipase (Tween 80), utilization of acetic acid,
cis-aconitic acid, L-alaninamide, D-alanine, L-alanine, L-arabinose, bromosuccinic
acid, citric acid, glycogen, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, alpha-
ketovaleric acid, DL-lactic acid, L-proline, methyl pyruvate, propionic acid, quinic acid,
sebacic acid, D-serine, monomethyl succinate, succinic acid, Tween 40 & Tween 80, capric acid, trisodium citrate, xylose & ethanol.
Negative results for methyl red reaction, H2S, indole production, acetoin production, urease,
amylase, gelatinase, beta-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase,
tryptophan deaminase, glucose fermentation, utilization of α-cyclodextrin, dextrin, N-Acetyl-DGalactosamine, N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine,
adonitol, D-arabitol, D-cellobiose, i-erythritol, D-fructose, L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, α-D-glucose, m-inositol, α-D-Lactose,
lactulose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melibiose, β-methyl-D-glucoside, D-psicose, D-raffinose, L-thamnose, D-sorbitol,
sucrose, D-trehalose, turanose, xylitol, pyruvic acid, succinic acid, formic acid, D-galactonic, acid lactone, D-galacturonic acid, D-
gluconic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D-glucuronic acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxy phenylacetic acid, itaconic acid, α-
ketobutyric acid, α-ketoglutaric acid, malonic acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, sebacic acid, succinamic acid, glucuronamide, L-
alanylglycine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, glycyl-L-aspartic acid, glycyl-L-glutamic acid, L-histidine, hydroxy-L-
proline,
L-leucine, L-ornithine, L-phenylalanine, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-serine, L-threonine, D,L-carnitine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, urocanic,
acid, inosine, uridine, thymidine, phenyethylamine, putrescine, 2-aminoethanol, 2,3-butanediol, glycerol, D,L-α-glycerol phosphate, α-
D-glucose-1-phosphate, D-glucose-6-phosphate.
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Bacteria => Proteobacteria => Gammaproteobacteria => Pseudomonadales => Pseudomonadaceae => Pseudomonas =>
Pseudomonas xiamenensis Lai and Shao 2008.
Gram-negative rods, 0.6–0.8 μm wide x 1.1–1.3 μm long, motile by means of a single
polar flagellum.
On Luria Bertani agar plates, produces smooth white colonies with regular edges, 1–
2 mm in diameter after 72 hours incubation at 30 °C, non-pigmented and slightly
raised in the centre. Moderately halophilic, growing in 0–8% NaCl broth (optimum 1–3
%). Grows at 10–45 °C (optimum 25–30 °C), but not at 4 or 50 °C.
Isolated from activated sludge samples collected in China.
Resistant to cefoperazone (30 mg), cephalexin (30 mg), cephazolin (30 mg), clindamycin (2 mg), furazolidone (15 mg), lincomycin (2
mg), metronidazole (5 mg), oxacillin (1 mg), penicillin G (10 mg), piperacillin (100 mg), sulfamethoxazole (25 mg) & vancomycin (30
mg)
Unknown.
- Lai, Qiliang, Shao, Zongze. Pseudomonas xiamenensis sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J
Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1911-1915.
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