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Pseudomonas

Pseudomonas is a gram-negative bacteria. It is a genus belonging to the Pseudomonadaceae family. There are about 144 species in this genus.[1] Most of the Pseudomonas species are saprotrophic, meaning they release enzymes that break down big substances into small ones.

Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 01.jpg
Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonies on an agar plate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Pseudomonadales
Family:
Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:
Pseudomonas
Type species
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

History

Pseudomonas is one of the earliest found bacteria. It was first called 'Bacterium aeruginosm' by Schroter in 1872. However, in 1894, German botanist Walter Migula classified it as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In Greek, pseudo means false and monas means “unit”.[2] This bacteria is associated with many chronic infections and is considered dangerous due to its resistance to many antibiotics.[3] There has been an increase in the number of species discovered year by year. In 2013, 10 species have been found and 6 more in the subsequent year.[4] Pseudomonas was well-classified 100 years later by a Canadian scientist, Roger Stanier. [5] The classification was based on the physiological and biochemical properties.[4]

Phylogeny

The basic tool which is used to classify Pseudomonas is the 16S rRNA gene. [6] However, it is hard to differentiate closely related Pseudomonas species, thus genes such as atpD, gyrB, rpoB, recA, and rpoD are also used in the taxonomy of Pseudomonas.[7]

 
Phylogenetic tree of Pseudomonas with Pseudomonas teessidea highlighted in red

Using gyrB and rpoD in phylogenetic analysis, Pseudomonas came from two predominant clusters; intrageneric cluster I (IGC I) and intrageneric cluster II (IGC II).[8]

IGC I consists of two sub clusters, the ‘Pseudomonas aeruginosa complex’  comprises of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Pseudomonas citronellolis, Pseudomonas mendocina, Pseudomonas oleovorans and Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, and the ‘Pseudomonas stutzeri complex’, comprises of Pseudomonas balearica and Pseudomonas stutzeri.

IGC II consists of three subclusters, the ‘Pseudomonas syringae complex’, the ‘Pseudomonas fluorescens complex’ and the ‘Pseudomonas putida complex’.  The ‘Pseudomonas syringae complex’ are phytopathogens and pathovars. The former encompasses Pseudomonas amygdali, Pseudomonas caricapapayae, Pseudomonas cichorii, Pseudomonas ficuserectae and Pseudomonas viridiflava and the latter consists of Pseudomonas savastanoi and Pseudomonas syringae. The ‘Pseudomonas fluorescens complex’ is divided into two subpopulations, the ‘Pseudomonas fluorescens lineage’ and the ‘Pseudomonas chlororaphis lineage’. The ‘Pseudomonas fluorescens lineage’ contains Pseudomonas fluorescens biotypes A, B and C, Pseudomonas azotoformans, Pseudomonas marginalis pathovars, Pseudomonas mucidolens, Pseudomonas synxantha and Pseudomonas tolaasii, while the ‘Pseudomonas chlororaphis lineage’ includes Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas agarici, Pseudomonas asplenii and Pseudomonas corrugata. The ‘Pseudomonas putida complex’ comprises of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas fulva.[9]

Clinical manifestations

More than 25 species of Pseudomonas cause diseases in humans. Species such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas cepacia, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Pseudomonas maltophilia, and Pseudomonas putrefaciens are said to cause opportunistic infections in humans. [10] Opportunistic infections more commonly affect people with weak immune systems compared to the ones with stronger immune system.[11] Only two of the species are known to cause specific disease. These are Pseudomonas mallei and Pseudomonas pseudomallei which cause glanders and melioidosis respectively. However, the most common species involved in clinical problems is Pseudomonas aeruginosa.[12] The common clinical problems caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is shown in the following bullet points.[13]

 
Animated heart where the green part indicates endocarditis
 
Necrotising enterocolitis in a neonatal. This is the alimentary tract with the stomach at the top and the anus towards the end. It shows intestinal necrosis and the perforated site is shown with an arrow.
 
Cystic fibrosis associated with bronchiectasis. The big holes represent the dilated bronchi which was caused by increased production of thick mucus. This becomes the breeding ground for bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • Bone and joint infections (BJI): It has been noted that Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are the most difficult to treat compared to other BJIs.[14]
    • Osteomyelitis[14]
    • Implant-associated bone infections (IABI)[14]
  • Cardiovascular (CV) infections
  • Central Nervous System (CNS) infections
  • Ear infections[13]
    • Otitis media and Otitis externa
    • Chronic suppurative otitis media
  • Eye infections
    • Endophthalmitis [19]
    • Keratitis[20]
    • Ophthalmia neonatorum: It is rare and the complications are eyelid edema, erythema, and purulent discharge causing corneal perforation, endophthalmitis, blindness, and also death if not treated properly.[21]
  • Gastro-intestinal(GI) infections
    • Epidemic diarrhoea: Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes enterocolitis in children. One of the common symptoms of enterocolitis is diarrhoea.[22]
    • Necrotising enterocolitis[23]
    • Neutropenic Enterocolitis (Typhlitis): It commonly affects immunocompromised patients.[24]
    • Shanghai fever[25]
  • Genitourinary(GU) infections
    • Epididymitis[26]
    • Urinary tract infections (UTIs):[27] Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the common cause of nosocomial UTIs.[26] It is difficult to distinguish from other bacterial UTIs.[13]
  • Respiratory infections
  • Sepsis[30]
  • Skin and soft tissue infections

Biotechnology

Pseudomonas strains have been useful in the biotechnology field. The table below shows the Pseudomonas strains and their respective uses.

Some of pseudomonas species and their uses in biotechnology
Scientific name of the strains Uses
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Treatment of rice blast disease[35]
Pseudomonas syringae Production of frozen foods[35]
Pseudomonas putida Control black root rot disease of tobacco [35] and the production of biosynthetic chemicals and drugs [36]
Pseudomonas fluorescens Used in the food and leather industries [35]
Pseudomonas oleovorans Used in the production of polyesters[35]

References

  1. ↑ Gomila, Margarita; Peña, Arantxa; Mulet, Magdalena; Lalucat, Jorge; García-Valdés, Elena (2015). "Phylogenomics and systematics in Pseudomonas". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 214. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00214. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 4447124. PMID 26074881.
  2. ↑ "Etymologia: Pseudomonas". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (8): 1241. August 2012. doi:10.3201/eid1808.ET1808. S2CID 26621145.
  3. ↑ Rudra, Bashudev; Duncan, Louise; Shah, Ajit J.; Shah, Haroun N.; Gupta, Radhey S. (2022). "Phylogenomic and comparative genomic studies robustly demarcate two distinct clades of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: proposal to transfer the strains from an outlier clade to a novel species Pseudomonas paraeruginosa sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72 (11): 005542. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005542. PMID 36355412. S2CID 253445493. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gomila, M; Peña, A; Mulet, M; Lalucat, J; García-Valdés, E (2015). "Phylogenomics and systematics in Pseudomonas". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 214. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00214. PMC 4447124. PMID 26074881.
  5. ↑ Stanier, RY; Palleroni, NJ; Doudoroff, M (May 1966). "The aerobic pseudomonads: a taxonomic study". Journal of General Microbiology. 43 (2): 159–271. doi:10.1099/00221287-43-2-159. PMID 5963505.
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  8. ↑ Yamamoto, Satoshi; Kasai, Hiroaki; Arnold, Dawn L.; Jackson, Robert W.; Vivian, Alan; Harayama, Shigeaki (2000-10-01). "Phylogeny of the genus Pseudomonas: intrageneric structure reconstructed from the nucleotide sequences of gyrB and rpoD genes The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences determined in this work are: gyrB, D37926, D37297, D86005–D86019 and AB039381–AB039492; rpoD, D86020–D86036 and AB039493–AB039624". Microbiology. 146 (10): 2385–2394. doi:10.1099/00221287-146-10-2385. ISSN 1350-0872. PMID 11021915.
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Cerioli, Matteo; Batailler, Cécile; Conrad, Anne; Roux, Sandrine; Perpoint, Thomas; Becker, Agathe; Triffault-Fillit, Claire; Lustig, Sebastien; Fessy, Michel-Henri; Laurent, Frederic; Valour, Florent; Chidiac, Christian; Ferry, Tristan (2020-10-26). "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Implant-Associated Bone and Joint Infections: Experience in a Regional Reference Center in France". Frontiers in Medicine. 7: 513242. doi:10.3389/fmed.2020.513242. ISSN 2296-858X. PMC 7649271. PMID 33195289.
  15. ↑ Hassan, Kowthar S.; Al-Riyami, Dawood (2012-02-01). "Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Treated Medically in a Patient on Haemodialysis". Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 12 (1): 120–123. ISSN 2075-051X. PMC 3286708. PMID 22375270.
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