Taxonomic characterisation of Pseudomonas strain L48 and formal proposal of Pseudomonas entomophila sp. nov.
An entomopathogenic, Gram-negative bacterium isolated from a female specimen of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster was taxonomically characterised. Strain L48(T) was strictly aerobic, non-fermentative, oxidase and catalase positive, rod-shaped, and motile due to a polar inserted flagellum. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and three other housekeeping genes placed strain L48 (T) in the Pseudomonas putida phylogenetic group. DNA-DNA hybridisation studies together with phenotypic metabolic tests and MALDI-TOF MS analysis justified the proposal of strain L48(T) as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Pseudomonas entomophila sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is deposited in culture collections under accession numbers CCUG 61470(T) and CECT 7985(T).
Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Magdalena
M
Mulet
Margarita
M
Gomila
Bruno
B
Lemaitre
Jorge
J
Lalucat
Elena
E
García-Valdés
D000332:Aerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000382:microbiology; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase