Pseudomonas putida

Pseudomonas putida
	Pseudomonas putida on King's B agar. Pyoverdine, produced to collect iron from the environment, glows under UV light.
	DIC image of Pseudomonas putida culture wet mount, 400X.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudomonas
Species:	P. putida
Binomial name
	Pseudomonas putida; Trevisan, 1889
Type strain
	ATCC 12633 ; CCUG 12690 ; CFBP 2066 ; DSM 291 ; HAMBI 7 ; JCM 13063 and 20120 ; LMG 2257 ; NBRC 14164 ; NCAIM B.01634 ; NCCB 72006 and 68020 ; NCTC 10936
Synonyms
	Bacillus fluorescens putidus" Flügge 1886 ; Bacillus putidus Trevisan 1889 ; Pseudomonas eisenbergii Migula 1900 ; Pseudomonas convexa Chester 1901 ; Pseudomonas incognita Chester 1901 ; Pseudomonas ovalis Chester 1901 ; Pseudomonas rugosa (Wright 1895) Chester 1901 ; Pseudomonas striata Chester 1901 ; Pseudomonas mildenbergii Bergey, et al. ; Arthrobacter siderocapsulatus Dubinina and Zhdanov 1975 ; Pseudomonas arvilla O. Hayaishi ; Pseudomonas barkeri Rhodes ; Pseudomonas cyanogena Hammer

Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, saprophytic soil bacterium. It has a versatile metabolism and is amenable to genetic manipulation, making it a common organism used in research, bioremediation, and synthesis of chemicals and other compounds.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed P. putida strain KT2440 as Host-vector system safety level 1 certified (HV-1), indicating that it is safe to use without any extra precautions. Thus, use of P. putida in many research labs is preferable to some other Pseudomonas species, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, for example, which is an opportunistic pathogen.

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