Pseudomonas paracarnis
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas,
Pseudomonas paracarnis Lick et al. 2021.
Gram-negative short rods,  0.6 x 0.8-2.0 µm, occurring mostly in pairs. Motile.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are beige, circular convex, smooth and 0.5-1.0mm in diameter after
incubation at 25 ºC for 24h on Standard-I agar or Caso agar plus glucose.  
Fluorescence is produced on King B agar. Grows at 2-33 ºC (optimum, 25-30 ºC), at
pH 5.0-9.0 and in the presence of 0-6.0% NaCl. Grows on R2A and cetrimide agar,
produces levan on Czapek Yeast Extract agar and is non-haemolytic on Columbia
blood agar. Strictly aerobic.
Isolated from minced and refrigerated dry aged beef.
Undetermined.
  1. Lick S, Wibberg D, Winkler A, Blom J, Grimmler C, Goesmann A, Kalinowski J, Krockel L. Pseudomonas paracarnis sp. nov.,
    isolated from refrigerated beef. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4652.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase,
valine arylamidase, oxidase, acid production (API 50 CHB/E) from: erythritol, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-adonitol, D-galactose,
D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, inositol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, melibiose, sucrose, trehalose, D-fucose, D- and L-arabitol.
Can assimilate (API 20 NE): L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric
acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate.
Can utilize as sole carbon source (Biolog PM1 and PM2):  D- and L-arabinose, D-galactose, D-mannose, D-xylose, D-ribose,
alpha-D-glucose, L-asparagine, L-glutamine, mucic acid, L-malic acid, L-lyxose, D-galacturonic acid, 2-aminoethanol,
2-deoxy-D-ribose, D-fucose, D-glucosamine, 5-keto-D-gluconic acid, quinic acid and dihydroxyacetone.

Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, indole production, lipase (C14),
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, PNPG, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, naphthol AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, urease, acid
production from D-arabinose, L-xylose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, L-sorbose, L-rhamnose, dulcitol, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, aesculin ferric citrate, salicin,
cellobiose, maltose, lactose (bovine), inulin, melezitose, maltitol, raffinose, starch, glycogen, gentiobiose, turanose, D-lyxose,
D-tagatose, L-fucose, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate.
No assimilation of: maltose, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid.
No utilization of: sucrose, dulcitol, L-fucose, DL-alpha-glycerol-phosphate, formic acid, glucose 6-phosphate, L-rhamnose, maltose,
melibiose, thymidine, D-aspartic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, 1,2-propanediol, alpha-ketobutyric acid, methyl alpha-D-galactoside,
lactose, lactulose, uridine, m-tartaric acid, glucose-1-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, methyl
beta-D-glucoside, maltotriose, 2-deoxy adenosine, glycyl-L-aspartic acid, D-threonine, glycolic acid, glyoxylic acid, cellobiose,
tricarballylic acid, L-threonine, N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine, monomethyl succinate, methyl pyruvate, D-malic acid, glycyl-L-proline,
m-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, glucuronamide, pyruvic acid, L-galactonic acid-gamma-lactone, phenylethylamine, chondroitin sulphate
c, alpha-, beta- and gamma-cyclodextrin, dextrin, gelatin, glycogen, inulin, mannan, pectin, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine,
N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, amygdalin, arbutin, 3-o-beta-D-galacto-pyranosyl-D-arabinose, gentiobiose, L-glucose, lactitol, melezitose,
methyl alpha-D-glucoside, methyl beta-D-galactoside, 3-methyl glucose, methyl beta-D-glucuronic acid, methyl alpha-D-mannoside,
methyl beta-D-xyloside, palatinose, raffinose, salicin, sedoheptulosan, L-sorbose, stachyose, turanose, xylitol,
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, delta-aminovaleric acid, butyric acid, capric acid, caproic acid, citraconic acid, citramalic acid,
2-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, itaconic acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, melibionic acid, oxalic acid, oxalomalic acid,
D-ribono-1,4-lactone, sebacic acid, sorbic acid, succinamic acid, D-tartaric acid, L-tartaric acid, acetamide, L-alaninamide, glycine,
L-homoserine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-lysine, laminarin, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-valine, DL-carnitine, sec-butylamine,
putrescine, 2,3-butanediol, 2,3-butanone and 3-hydroxy-2-butanone. For the remaining substrates the two isolates reacted differently.

Variable results for aesculin and gelatin hydrolysis, utilization of: D-adonitol, erythritol, inositol and sorbitol.
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