Pseudomonas aurantiaca

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Pseudomonas aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Pseudomonadales Family: Pseudomonadaceae Genus: Pseudomonas Species: P. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Pseudomonas aurantiaca Nachimovskaya 1948

Pseudomonas aurantiaca is an orange Gram negative soil bacterium, originally isolated from the rhizosphere soil of potatoes, that produces di-2,4-diacetylfluoroglucylmethan, which is antibiotically active against Gram positive organisms^[1]. It has shown potential for use as a biocontrol agent against plant pathogenic microbes^[2]. The type strain is NCTB 10068.

[edit] References

1. ^ Esipov, et al. "New antibiotically active fluoroglucide from Pseudomonas aurantiaca." Antibiotiki. 1975; 20(12):1077-81. PMID 1225181
2. ^ Felker P., Medina D., Soultier C., Velicce G., Velarde M., Gonzalez C.(2005) A survey of environmental and biological factors (Azospirillum spp., Agrobacterium rhizogenes, Pseudomonas aurantiaca) for their influence in rooting cuttings of Prosopis alba clones. Journal of arid environments 61(2) pp. 227-247