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Agar colonies: Circular to amoeboid, 

 white, flat, glistening, opaque, entire. 



Agar slant: Filiform, pale buff, raised, 

 smooth, glistening, undulate. 



Broth: Turbid. 



Nitrites not produced from nitrates. 



Starch not hydrolyzed. 



No acid from carbohydrate media. 



Attacks phenol. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Grows at 37° C. 



Source: Isolated from soil. 



Habitat: Soil. 



39. Pseudomonas desmolytica Gray 

 and Thornton, 1928. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 

 73, 1928, 90.) 



des.mo.ly'ti.ca. Gr. desmus bond; Gr. 

 lyticus able to loose; M.L. adj. desmolyiiciis 

 bond-loosening. 



Rods, 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.0 to 3.0 microns, 

 occurring singly and in pairs. Motile, with 

 one to five polar flagella. Gram-negative. 



Gelatin colonies: Circular, gray to buff, 

 raised or umbonate. Smooth, glistening, 

 entire. 



Gelatin stab: No liquefaction. 



Agar colonies: Circular or amoeboid, 

 whitish, flat or convex, smooth, translucent 

 to opaque, entire. 



Agar slant: Filiform, pale buff, raised, 

 smooth, undulate. 



Broth: Turbid. 



Nitrites often produced from nitrates. 



Starch not hydrolyzed. 



Acid usually produced from glucose. 



Attacks naphthalene. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Grows at 35° C. 



Source: Isolated from soil. 



Habitat: Soil. 



40. Pseudomonas rathonis Gray and 

 Thornton, 1928. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 73, 

 1928, 90.) 



ra.tho'nis. RathoPark, place name; M.L. 

 gen. noun rathonis of Ratho. 



Small rods, 0.5 to 1.0 by 1.0 to 3.0 microns, 

 occurring singly and in pairs. Motile, with 

 polar flagella. Gram-negative. 



Gelatin colonies: Circular, white, raised, 

 smooth, glistening, undulate. 



Gelatin stab: No liquefaction. 



Agar colonies : Circular, buff, flat, smooth, 

 glistening, entire. 



Agar slant: Filiform, pale buff, convex, 

 smooth, glistening, undulate. 



Broth: Turbid; pellicle may form. 



Nitrites may be produced from nitrates. 



Starch may be hydrolyzed. 



Acid may be produced from glucose and 

 glycerol. 



Attacks phenol and cresol at times, also 

 naphthalene. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Grows at 35° C. 



Source: Isolated from manure and soil. 



Habitat: Manure and soil. 



41. Pseudomonas salopia Gray and 

 Thornton, 1928. (Pseudomonas salopium 

 (sic) Gray and Thornton, Cent. f. Bakt., II 

 Abt., 73, 1928, 91.) 



sa.lo'pi.a. Med.L. Salop Shropshire; 

 M.L. adj. salopius of Shropshire. 



Rods, 0.7 to 1.0 by 1.0 to 3.0 microns, 

 occurring singly and in pairs. Motile with 

 one to six polar flagella. Gram-negative. 



Gelatin colonies: Circular, grayish buff', 

 flat, rugose or ringed, translucent border. 



Gelatin stab: No liquefaction. 



Agar colonies: Circular or amoeboid, 

 white to buff, flat to convex, smooth, glis- 

 tening, translucent border, entire. 



Agar slant: Filiform, whitish, raised, 

 smooth, glistening, lobate. 



Broth: Turbid with pellicle. 



Nitrites not produced from nitrates. 



Starch not hydrolyzed. 



Acid from glucose and sucrose. 



Attacks naphthalene. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Grows at 35° C. 



Source: Isolated from soil. 



Habitat: Soil. 



42. Pseudomonas cruciviae Gray and 

 Thornton, 1928. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 73, 

 1928, 91.) 



cru.ci'vi.ae. L. crux, cruets a cross; L. 

 via a way; M.L. Crucivia Waycross, a place 

 name. 



Rods, 1.0 by 1.0 to 3.0 microns, occurring 

 singly and in pairs. Motile with one to five 

 polar flagella. Gram-negative. 



