PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA

'''Pseudomonas mendocina''' is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium that can cause opportunistic nosocomial infections, such as infective endocarditis^[1] and spondylodiscitis^[2], although cases are very rare. It has potential use in bioremediation as it is able to degrade toluene^[3]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, ''P. mendocina'' has been placed in the ''P. aeruginosa'' group^[4].

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1. ''Pseudomonas mendocina'', an environmental bacterium isolated from a patient with human infective endocarditis, Aragone, ''et al.'', , , J Clin Microbiol, 1992 Jun
2. Chi CY, Lai CH, Fung CP, Wang JH. (2005) ''Pseudomonas mendocina'' spondylodiscitis: a case report and literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 37(11-12):950-3. PMID 16308244
3. Yen KM, Karl MR, Blatt LM, Simon MJ, Winter RB, Fausset PR, Lu HS, Harcourt AA, Chen KK. (1991) Cloning and characterization of a ''Pseudomonas mendocina'' KR1 gene cluster encoding toluene-4-monooxygenase. Journal of Bacteriology 173(17):5315-27. PMID 1885512
4. Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence, Anzai, ''et al.'', , , Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2000, Jul