''Pseudomonas citronellolis'' is a

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that is used to study the mechanisms of

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carboxylase. It was first isolated from forest

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, under

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trees, in northern

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Characteristics

''Pseudomonas citronellolis'' a

. It was first isolated from forest

, under

trees, in northern

. It has one polar flagellum allowing it to be motile.

Relationship with plants

On agar, ''P. citronellolis'' forms round white colonies that produce fluorescent green pigments. It also produces a

biofilm A biofilm is a Syntrophy, syntrophic Microbial consortium, community of microorganisms in which cell (biology), cells cell adhesion, stick to each other and often also to a surface. These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy ext ...

and is resistant to most

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. The bacteria has a biotic relationship with its plant host (either with pine trees or basil). It produces a type of hormone that induces plant cell elongation and division, leading to an increase of local available nutrients.

Metabolic potential

The study of P. citronellolis is important because it could be used as a model to research metabolism and enzyme activity concerning glucose. It also has the potential for use in biodegradation of polyethylene.

Genome

The size of the genome is 6,951,444 bp with the size of DNA coding 6,028,113 bp. The average GC content is 67.11% and 4,665,300 bp . Of the 6169 predicted genes, 6071 (98.41%) were protein CDS of which 4762 genes had a function prediction. A total of 96 RNA genes were predicted including 15 rRNA. The Pseudomonas citronellolis's DNA isolation for a template's 16sR sequencing revealed 25 μl of diluted genomic DNA. BOXAIR, repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based PCR analysis (REP-PCR), and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) were used as primers to amplify the DNA. PCR for the 29 strains of P. citronellolis yielded 8 to 12 amplified bands. These were very distinguishable with sizes ranging from 9,000 bp to 100 bp. REP-PCR produces the most complex amplified banding patterns, which reflected diversity among the P citronellolis strains isolated from different oily sludge-contaminated soil samples. The ribotype patterns of the P. citronellolis strains showed multiple amplicons that strongly indicated polymorphism of the rRNA spacer region. This experiment on the genome did not contain any

plasmid A plasmid is a small, extrachromosomal DNA molecule within a cell that is physically separated from chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently. They are most commonly found as small circular, double-stranded DNA molecules in bacteria and ...

s and provided no evidence for its existence. Based on 16S

rRNA Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) is a type of non-coding RNA which is the primary component of ribosomes, essential to all cells. rRNA is a ribozyme which carries out protein synthesis in ribosomes. Ribosomal RNA is transcribed from ribosomal ...

analysis, ''P. citronellolis'' has been placed in the '' P. aeruginosa'' group. ''P. citronellolis'' has also been found capable of the

biosynthesis Biosynthesis, i.e., chemical synthesis occurring in biological contexts, is a term most often referring to multi-step, enzyme-Catalysis, catalyzed processes where chemical substances absorbed as nutrients (or previously converted through biosynthe ...

of polyhydroxyal-kanoates from "linear mono- and dicarboxylic acids", a type of bacterial-synthesized

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. The P. citronellolis P3B5 genome contains genes that encode for six predicted lactamases that resist against lactam antibiotics. Furthermore, the genome contains genes encoding for efflux pumps that provide resistances to other antibiotics, such as trimethoprim. The P3B5 genome encodes genes that should enable it to degrade alkanes. In combination with its stress-resilience and plant reliance lifestyle, makes this organism an intriguing candidate for plant remediation approaches. Resistance to several ABs was observed and several ABR genes were detected, but no evidence for the potential of ABR gene mobilization could be found.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Pseudomonas citronellolis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7255027 Pseudomonadales Bacteria described in 1960