Pseudomonas monteilii
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas,
Pseudomonas monteilii  Elomari et al. 1997.
Gram-negative, nonsporogenous, motile rods. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate is not
accumulated as a carbon reserve material.
Colonies on nutrient agar are circular and nonpigmented. They are nonhemolytic on
blood agar. A fluorescent pigment is usualy produced.
Strictly aerobic, optimal growth temperature 30 ºC. Growth occurs in the presence of
3% NaCl but not in the presence of 5 or 7% NaCl. No growth at 4 ºC or 41ºC. Grows
on media: Trypticase Soy Agar  ± 5% sheep blood, King medium A & B.
Isolated from human clinical samples (placenta, stool, bile, biological fluid, bronchial aspirate, urine & pleural fluid).
Unknown, possible opportunistic pathogen.
  1. Elomari, Malika, Coroler, Loic, Verhille, Sophie, Izard, Daniel, Leclerc, Henri. Pseudomonas monteilii sp. nov., Isolated from Clinical
    Specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 846-852.
  2. George M. Garrity, Julia A. Bell & Timothy Lilburn: Order IX Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic
    Bacteriology, Second edition,Vol two, part B, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), 2005,  pp. 323-442.
  3. Tohya M, Watanabe S, Teramoto K, Uechi K, Tada T, Kuwahara-Arai K, Kinjo T, Maeda S, Nakasone I, Zaw NN, et al. Pseudomonas
    asiatica sp. nov., isolated from hospitalized patients in Japan and Myanmar. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1361-1368.
P. monteilii is very similar to P. putida, but these two species can be differentiated by assimilation of inositol, L-tartrate, D-tartrate,
o-hydroxybenzoate, m-hydroxybenzoate, tryptamine, D-mandelate, acetamide, D-xylose, mannitol & mucate and by the presence
of glycyl-glycine arylamidase, L-glutamine arylamidase, and L-arginine arylamidase.

Positive results for arginine dihyrolase, catalase and cytochrome oxidase.
Can utilize: glycerol, D-ribose, inositol, D-glucose, D-fructose, L-glutamate, L-arabinose, 2- ketogluconate, DL-glycerate,
DL-3-hydroxybutyrate, gluconate, isobutyrate, L-proline, D-alanine, L-alanine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-norleucine, L-valine,
L-aspartate, L-ornithine, L-lysine, L-arginine, betaine, beta-alanine, sarcosine, amylamine, ethanolamine, benzylamine,
diaminobutane, spermine, aconitate, phenylacetate, succinate, fumarate, L-malate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, n-valerate,
isovalerate, n-caproate, heptanoate, caprylate, caprate, glutarate, DL-lactate, puryvate, citrate, benzoate and beta-hydroxybenzoate.

Negative results for lipase, elastase, lecithinase, tetrathionate reductase, indole,  coagulase, beta-xylosidase gelatin liquefaction,
esculin hydrolysis, starch hydrolysis, phenylalanine deamination, lysine decarboxylation, ornithine decarboxylation, urease,
Voges-Proskauer reaction and o-nitrophenyl-beta-galactopyranoside.
No utilization of: L-xylose, salicin, lactose, D-melibiose, inulin, D-tagatose, D-fucose, erythritol, D-arabinose, D-xylose, adonitol,
beta-methylxyloside, D-galactose, D-mannose, L-sorbose, L-rhamnose, dulcitol, sorbitol, alpha-methyl-D-mannoside,
alpha-methyl-D-glucoside, N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, esculin, D-cellobiose, maltose, sucrose, trehalose, D-melezitose,
D-raffinose, starch, glucogen, xylitol, beta-gentobiose, D-turanose, D-lyxose, L-fucose, D-arabitol, 5-ketogluconate L-cysteine,
D-tryptophan, L-methionine, L-tryptophan, DL-kynurenine, acetamide, tryptamine, glucosamine, levulinate, iso-phthalate, oxalate,
maleate, adipate, pimelate, suberate, azelate, sebacate, D-tartrate, L-tartrate, meso-tartrate, citrate, mesaconate, o-hydroxybenzoate,
m-hydroxybenzoate, D-mandelate, L-mandelate, phthalate, terephthalate, glycerate, oxalate, L-arabitol, mannitol, glycolate, citraconate,
itaconate, and mucate.
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