Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis

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Classification

Domain;Bacteria Phylum;Pseudomonadota Class;Gammaproteobacteria Order;Xanthomonadales Family; Xanthomonadaceae

Species

NCBI: [1]

Pseudoxanthomonas

Description and Significance

Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis is a gram negative bacteria. This species obtains the bacillus shape and has a yellowish pigment. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis was derived water, plants or contaminated soils. Recent studies recovered the bacteria from human clinical materials and was recently recovered from cystic fibrosis patients. Until recently, Pseudoxanthomonas species were only identifiable at the genus level. New gene sequencing improvements have allowed for the identification of species within the genus.

Genome Structure

Specific strains of this bacteria were studied by whole genome sequencing which used average nucleotide identity, DNA-DNA hybridization, amino acid identity, core genome and nucleotide analyses, biochemical and cellular fatty acid analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegenesis structure was investigated using scanning microscopes and transmission electron microscopes. The bacteria was found to be a gram-negative bacilli. Genome sequencing was analyzed using 16S rRNA. Findings showed the bacteria had a average genome size ranging from 4.36 to 4.73 Mb. The genome also has an average G+C content of 69.12 mol%. Additionally, genome sequencing found Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegenesis has a circular chromosomal with 4,505,034 bases, and a CDS of 4077.

Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.

Ecology and Pathogenesis

Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis obtained its name from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, where the species strains were characterized. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis grows at an optimal temperature of 35–37 °C in 5 % CO2. The bacteria does grow in air but does not grow anaerobically. The bacteria is catalase positive and is able to oxidize glucose, lactose, sucrose, maltose, and fructose. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegnsis is commonly found in contaminated soils, however new research found strains of this bacteria recovered from ear and throat samples from patients with cystic fibrosis.

References

[Bernard, K. A., Vachon, A., Pacheco, A. L., Burdz, T., Wiebe, D., Beniac, D. R., Hiebert, S. L., Booth, T., Doyle, D. A., Lawson, P., & Bernier, A. M. (2020). Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis sp. nov., derived from human clinical materials and recovered from cystic fibrosis and other patient types in Canada, and emendation of Pseudoxanthomonas spadix Young et al. 2007. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 70(12), 6313–6322. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004533.]

Author

Page authored by Bella Manfredi, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.