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Pseudomonas fragi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Proteobacteria;
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria;
Order:	Pseudomonadales;
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae;
Genus:	Pseudomonas;
Species:	P. fragi;
Binomial name
	Pseudomonas fragi; (Eichholz 1902); Gruber 1905
Type strain
	ATCC 4973; CCUG 556; CFBP 4556; CIP 55.4; DSM 3456; HAMBI 28; LMG 2191; NBRC 3458; NCCB 69033; NCTC 10689; NRRL B-25 and B-727; VKM B-898
Synonyms
	Bacterium fragi Eichholz 1902

Pseudomonas fragi is a psychrophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that is responsible for dairy spoilage^[1]. Unlike many other members of the Pseudomonas genus, P. fragi does not produce siderophores^[2]. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. fragi has been placed in the P. chlororaphis group^[3].

[edit] References

^ Pereira, JN, and Morgan, ME (1957 Dec). "Nutrition and physiology of Pseudomonas fragi". J Bacteriol 74 (6): 710–3. PMID 13502296.
^ Champomier-Verges MC, et al. (1996). "Acquisition of iron by the non-siderophore-producing Pseudomonas fragi". Microbiology 142 (5): 1191–9. PMID 8704960.
^ 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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