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Pseudomonas alcaligenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Proteobacteria;
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria;
Order:	Pseudomonadales;
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae;
Genus:	Pseudomonas;
Species:	P. alcaligenes;
Binomial name
	Pseudomonas alcaligenes; Monias 1928
Type strain
	ATCC 14909; CCUG 1425 A; CFBP 2437; CIP 101034; DSM 50342; JCM 5967; LMG 1224; NBRC 14159; NCCB 76044; NCTC 10367; VKM B-2171

Pseudomonas alcaligenes is a Gram-negative aerobic bacterium used as a soil inoculant for bioremediation purposes, as it can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons^[1]. It can be a human pathogen but occurrences are very rare^[2]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. alcaligenes has been placed in the P. aeruginosa group^[3].

[edit] References

^ O'Mahony MM, Dobson AD, Barnes JD, Singleton I. (2006) The use of ozone in the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Chemosphere 63(2):307-14. PMID 16153687
^ Valenstein P, Bardy GH, Cox CC, Zwadyk P. (1983) Pseudomonas alcaligenes endocarditis. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 79(2):245-7. PMID 6823910
^ Anzai, et al. (2000, Jul). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50 (Pt 4): 1563–89. PMID 10939664.

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