Pseudomonas stutzeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
Order: | Pseudomonadales |
Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
Genus: | Pseudomonas |
Species: | P. stutzeri |
Binomial name | |
Pseudomonas stutzeri (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Sijderius 1946 |
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Type strain | |
ATCC 17588 CCUG 11256 |
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Synonyms | |
Bacillus denitrificans II Burri and Stutzer 1895 |
Pseudomonas stutzeri is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, single polar-flagellated, soil bacterium first isolated from human spinal fluid.[1][2] It is a denitrifying bacterium,[3] and strain KC of P. stutzeri may be used for bioremediation as it is able to degrade carbon tetrachloride.[4] It is also an opportunistic pathogen in clinical settings, although infections are rare.[5] Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. stutzeri has been placed in the P. stutzeri group, to which it lends its name.[6]
P. stutzeri lends its name to a subgroup within the genus Pseudomonas. The other members of the P. stutzeri subgroup are P. balearica and P. luteola.[6]