Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens

Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Pseudoalteromonadaceae
Genus: Pseudoalteromonas
Species:
P. nigrifaciens
Binomial name
Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens
(Baumann et al. 1984)
Gauthier et al. 1995
Synonyms

Pseudomonas nigrifaciens White 1940
Alteromonas nigrifaciens (ex White 1940) Baumann et al. 1984

Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens is a marine bacterium. It has been observed to cause skin ulcer syndrome in juvenile cultivated sea cucumbers.[1][2] P. nigrifaciens stains Gram-negative.

References

  1. ↑ Wang, Y-G; Fang, B; Zhang, C-Y; Rong, X-J (July 2006). "Etiology of skin ulcer syndrome in cultured juveniles of Apostichopus japonicus and analysis of reservoir of the pathogens". Journal of Fishery Sciences of China/Zhongguo Shuichan Kexue. 13 (4): 610–616.
  2. ↑ Gauthier, G.; Gauthier, M.; Christen, R. (1995). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (4): 755–761. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-755. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7547295.