Pseudomonas balearica

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Pseudomonas balearica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Genus: Pseudomonas
Species: P. balearica
Binomial name
Pseudomonas balearica
Bennasar, et al., 1996
Type strain
CCUG 44487

CIP 105297
DSM 6083

Pseudomonas balearica is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium[1]. It is an environmental bacterium, and has demonstrated the potential to oxidize inorganic sulfur compounds to tetrathionate[2]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. balearica has been placed in the P. stutzeri group[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bennasar, et al. (1996 Jan). "16S rRNA gene sequence analysis relative to genomovars of Pseudomonas stutzeri and proposal of Pseudomonas balearica sp. nov.". Int J Syst Bacteriol 46 (1): 200–5. PMID 8573496. 
  2. ^ Sorokin, et al. (1999 Oct). "Anaerobic oxidation of thiosulfate to tetrathionate by obligately heterotrophic bacteria, belonging to the Pseudomonas stutzeri group". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 30 (2): 113–123. PMID 10508936. 
  3. ^ Anzai, et al. (2000, Jul). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50 (Pt 4): 1563–89. PMID 10939664. 
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