Biology of Pseudomonas stutzeri Jorge Lalucat, Antoni Bennasar, Rafael Bosch, Elena García-Valdés and Norberto J. Palleroni Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 2006, 70(2):510. DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00047-05. Downloaded from Updated information and services can be found at: http://mmbr.asm.org/content/70/2/510 These include: http://mmbr.asm.org/ REFERENCES This article cites 395 articles, 145 of which can be accessed free at: http://mmbr.asm.org/content/70/2/510#ref-list-1 CONTENT ALERTS Receive: RSS Feeds, eTOCs, free email alerts (when new articles cite this article), more» on January 28, 2014 by Red de Bibliotecas del CSIC Information about commercial reprint orders: http://journals.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml To subscribe to to another ASM Journal go to: http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/ MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS, June 2006, p. 510–547 Vol. 70, No. 2 1092-2172/06/$08.00ϩ0 doi:10.1128/MMBR.00047-05 Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Biology of Pseudomonas stutzeri Jorge Lalucat,1,2* Antoni Bennasar,1 Rafael Bosch,1 Elena Garcı´a-Valde´s,1,2 and Norberto J. Palleroni3 Departament de Biologia, Microbiologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain1; Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avanc¸ats (CSIC-UIB), Campus UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain2; and Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, Cook Campus, 3 New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520 Downloaded from INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................511 DEFINITION OF THE SPECIES AND DIFFERENTIATION FROM OTHER PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES ....511 Definition .................................................................................................................................................................511 Differentiation from Other Species ......................................................................................................................511 DISCOVERY AND NOMENCLATURAL PROBLEMS........................................................................................512 OCCURRENCE AND ISOLATION PROCEDURES ............................................................................................512 PHENOTYPIC PROPERTIES..................................................................................................................................514 Colony Structures/Types ........................................................................................................................................514 http://mmbr.asm.org/ Morphological Characterization (Cells, Reserve Materials, Flagella, and Pili) and Chemotaxis ..............515 Chemical Characterization and Chemotaxonomy..............................................................................................515 DNA base composition.......................................................................................................................................515 Protein patterns ..................................................................................................................................................515 LPS and immunological characteristics ..........................................................................................................515 Fatty acid composition .......................................................................................................................................516 Quinone and polyamine composition...............................................................................................................516 PHA.......................................................................................................................................................................516 GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENY....................................................................................516 DNA-DNA Hybridizations......................................................................................................................................516 on January 28, 2014 by Red de Bibliotecas del CSIC Genome Size and Organization ............................................................................................................................517 Genotyping...............................................................................................................................................................517 Genetic Diversity: MLEE.......................................................................................................................................518 Genetic Diversity: MLST .......................................................................................................................................518 Phylogeny .................................................................................................................................................................519 Clonality ...................................................................................................................................................................520 TAXONOMIC RANKS: GENOMOVARS ...............................................................................................................520 IDENTIFICATION .....................................................................................................................................................521 Phenotypic Identification .......................................................................................................................................521 Molecular DNA-Based Identification...................................................................................................................521 Polyphasic Identification........................................................................................................................................521 PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES...........................................................................................................................522 Temperature, Pressure, pH, and O2 Relationships ...........................................................................................522 Denitrification .........................................................................................................................................................522 Structural gene clusters and the nature of denitrification genes ................................................................522 (i) nar genes.....................................................................................................................................................523 (ii) nir genes ....................................................................................................................................................524 (iii) nor genes ..................................................................................................................................................524 (iv) nos genes ...................................................................................................................................................524 Metalloenzymes involved in the denitrification process................................................................................525 (i) Nitrate respiration and NaRs..................................................................................................................525 (ii) Properties of NarL and NarX proteins.................................................................................................526 (iii) Nitrite respiration and NiRs .................................................................................................................526 (iv) Nitric oxide respiration and NORs.......................................................................................................526 (v) Nitrous oxide respiration and N2ORs ...................................................................................................527 Chlorate and Perchlorate as Terminal Electron Acceptors..............................................................................527 Organic Compounds Used as the Sole Carbon and Energy Source................................................................528 Inorganic Energy Sources (Thiosulfate)..............................................................................................................528 Production of Siderophores...................................................................................................................................529 Nitrogen Fixation....................................................................................................................................................529 Phosphite and Hypophosphite Oxidation............................................................................................................530 * Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avanc¸ats (CSIC-UIB), Campus UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Phone: 34 971 173140. Fax: 34 971 173184. E-mail: [email protected]. 510 VOL. 70, 2006 PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI 511 Biodegradation and Useful Properties for Biotechnological Applications .....................................................530 Metal cycling .......................................................................................................................................................530