Recently proposed renaming the obligate aerobe Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 as Pseudomonas furukawiisp. nov. type strain KF707. Since the first quasi-complete genome sequence of KF707 was reported in 2012 (accession number: PRJNA83639) numerous reports on chemotaxis and function/composition of the respiratory redox chain of KF707 have been published, demonstrating that KF707 contains three cheA genes for aerobic motility, four cytochrome oxidases of c(c)aa3- and cbb3-type and one bd-type quinol oxidase. With this background in mind, it has been quite a surprise to read within Table 1 of the paper by Kimura et al. that strain KF707 is phenotypically characterized as cytochrome oxidase-negative. Further, Table 1 also reports that KF707 is b-galactosidase-positive, an affirmation that is not consistent with results documented in the current literature. In this present ‘Letter to the Editor’ we show that Kimura et al. have contradicted themselves and provided inaccurate information in respect to the respiratory phenotypic features of P. furukawii.

Fedi Stefano, Cappelletti Martina, Sandri Federica, Turner Raymond, Zannoni Davide (2018). Some facts about the respiratory enzymes of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 recently renamed as Pseudomonas furukawaii sp. nov., type strain KF707. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 68, 3066-3067 [10.1099/ijsem.0.002923].

Some facts about the respiratory enzymes of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 recently renamed as Pseudomonas furukawaii sp. nov., type strain KF707

Fedi Stefano;Cappelletti Martina;SANDRI, FEDERICA;Zannoni Davide
2018

Abstract

Recently proposed renaming the obligate aerobe Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 as Pseudomonas furukawiisp. nov. type strain KF707. Since the first quasi-complete genome sequence of KF707 was reported in 2012 (accession number: PRJNA83639) numerous reports on chemotaxis and function/composition of the respiratory redox chain of KF707 have been published, demonstrating that KF707 contains three cheA genes for aerobic motility, four cytochrome oxidases of c(c)aa3- and cbb3-type and one bd-type quinol oxidase. With this background in mind, it has been quite a surprise to read within Table 1 of the paper by Kimura et al. that strain KF707 is phenotypically characterized as cytochrome oxidase-negative. Further, Table 1 also reports that KF707 is b-galactosidase-positive, an affirmation that is not consistent with results documented in the current literature. In this present ‘Letter to the Editor’ we show that Kimura et al. have contradicted themselves and provided inaccurate information in respect to the respiratory phenotypic features of P. furukawii.
2018
Fedi Stefano, Cappelletti Martina, Sandri Federica, Turner Raymond, Zannoni Davide (2018). Some facts about the respiratory enzymes of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 recently renamed as Pseudomonas furukawaii sp. nov., type strain KF707. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 68, 3066-3067 [10.1099/ijsem.0.002923].
Fedi Stefano; Cappelletti Martina; Sandri Federica; Turner Raymond; Zannoni Davide
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