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Pseudomonas mendocina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Proteobacteria;
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria;
Order:	Pseudomonadales;
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae;
Genus:	Pseudomonas;
Species:	P. mendocina;
Binomial name
	Pseudomonas mendocina; Palleroni 1970
Type strain
	ATCC 25411; CCUG 1781; CFBP 2434; CIP 75.21; DSM 50017; JCM 5966; LMG 1223; NBRC 14162; NCCB 76043; NCTC 10897; VKM B-972

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].

[edit] References

^ Aragone, et al. (1992 Jun). "Pseudomonas mendocina, an environmental bacterium isolated from a patient with human infective endocarditis". J Clin Microbiol 30 (6): 1583–4. PMID 1624580.
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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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