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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • SECTION 3.3 Gamma Subclass
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The Prokaryotes

The Gram-negative bacillus Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a remarkably adaptable organism. Endowed with a large repertoire of metabolic pathways, P. aeruginosa is able to adapt, survive and persist under a broad range of environmental conditions. Equipped with an equally large repertoire of pathogenic mechanisms, P. aeruginosa is capable of infecting eukaryotic organisms ranging from social amoeba to humans. The discussion in this chapter will highlight the metabolic and pathogenic diversity of P. aeruginosa and the relationship to human infection.

Cellular Biology and Basic Physiology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa was first isolated from a variety of environmental sources by Schroeter in 1872 (Palleroni, 1984). Taxonomy based on 16S rRNA sequences positions P. aeruginosa within the class of Gammaproteobacteria and the family Pseudomonadaceae. Like all members of this family, P. aeruginosa is metabolically versatile and utilizes over 80 organic compounds as energy and carbon sources (Palleroni,...

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  1. Timothy L. Yahr
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  1. Department of Microbiology University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, 196, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Yahr, T.L., Parsek, M.R. (2006). Pseudomonas aeruginosa . In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30746-X_22

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