TABLE 1.
Characteristic | Reactiona of the following Pseudomonas strains (n):
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Cluster
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Reference
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I (17) | II (36) | III (4) | IV (45) | V (4) | P. fragi (cluster II) (2) | P. putida(cluster II) (2) | P. fluorescens (cluster II) (4) | P. lundensis (cluster IV) (1) | |
Oxidase reaction | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Catalase reaction | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Oxidative metabolism on Hugh & Leifson medium | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Ammonia from arginine | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Growth at 4°C | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Growth at 42°C | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Production of phenazine | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Ornithine decarboxylase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Production of lipase | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | d | − |
Production of protease | − | + | + | d | + | + | − | + | + |
Production of fluorescent pigment | d | + | + | + | d | − | + | + | + |
Acid production from maltose | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | + |
Assimilation of carbon sources: | |||||||||
Creatine | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | d | − |
Mucate | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Arabitol | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Hydroxy-l-proline | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
d-Mannitol | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
d-Glucose | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
d-Quinate | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
d-Xylose | d | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
l-Arabinose | d | d | + | + | d | + | − | − | + |
dl-Carnitine | d | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | − |
Deoxycholate | d | d | − | + | d | + | + | + | + |
d-Galactonate | d | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | − |
d-Glucuronate | d | d | d | − | d | + | + | + | − |
4-Hydroxy-benzoate | d | d | − | − | d | + | + | + | − |
Inosine | d | d | − | − | − | + | + | + | − |
meso-Inositol | d | + | d | + | d | + | + | + | + |
Malonate | d | d | − | − | − | + | + | + | − |
d-Saccharate | + | d | − | − | d | + | + | + | − |
+, 65% or more the total; −, 35% or less the total; d, 36 to 64% the total.