Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Pseudomonadales, Family Pseudomonadaceae,
Genus Pseudomonas, Pseudomonas piscis Liu et al. 2020.
Gram-negative, short rods, 0.9-1.8 x 0.4-0.6 µm. Motile by polar multitrichous flagella.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are light-yellow, circular, smooth, 4-5 mm diameter after 3 days of
incubation at 28 ºC in TSA. Growth occurs at 15-37 °C, not at 4 or 42 °C, (optimal
temperature, 28 °C), at pH 5.5-8.5 (optimal pH, 7.5) and with 0-5.0 % (w/v) NaCl
(optimal concentration, 2.0 %). Strictly aerobic.
Isolated from the profound head ulcers of farmed Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) from the town of Dajing, Yueqing City,
Zhejiang Province, China.
Undetermined.
- Liu Y, Rao Q, Blom J, Lin Q, Luo T. Pseudomonas piscis sp. nov., isolated from the profound head ulcers of farmed Murray cod
(Maccullochella peelii peelii). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2732-2739.
Positive results for arginine dihydrolase, acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, citrate utilization, cystine arylamidase (weak),
esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, lipase (C14) (weak), naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, oxidase, trypsin,
alpha-chymotrypsin, Tween 80, urease (weak) and valine arylamidase.
Can utilize: L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, acetic acid, citric acid, L-fucose, 2-ketogluconate, DL-lactic acid, D-mannose,
melibiose, malic acid, galactose, glycerol, D-gluconic acid, glucuronamide, glycyl-L-proline, L-glutamic acid, L-histidine,
alpha-ketoglutaric acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, propionic acid, D-ribose, sorbitol, L-serine, gamma-aminobutryric acid,
beta-hydroxy-D,L-butyric acid and D-xylose.
Can assimilate D-glucose, L-arabinose (weak), D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, maltose (weak), potassium gluconate, capric
acid, adipic acid (weak), malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid (weak).
Negative results for aesculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, H2S production, indole production, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate
reduction, denitrification, tryptophane deaminase, acetoin production (Voges-Proskauer).
No utilization of D-arabitol, formic acid, glycogen, myo-inositol, 5-ketogluconate, starch, salicin, sucrose, L-rhamnose and tryptophan.
Variable acid production from glucose, utilization of: D-mannitol and trehalose.

(c) Costin Stoica