Pseudomonas spp. of the fluorescent group produce siderophores (so-called pyoverdins) consisting of a peptide chain attached to a pyrimidoquinoline ring system which is derived from a condensation product of L-Dab and D-Tyr. Commonly several related compounds are found to accompany the pyoverdins having the same peptide chain, but differing in the heterocyclic part. The structure elucidation of...

During the years 2007 and 2008, samples of winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) with symptoms of galls on shoots were collected from Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. Gram and oxidase negative, aerobic bacterium that produced fluorescent pigment on Kingۥs B medium was isolated from galls of infected trees. All isolates produced a hypersensitive reaction in tobacco. They were negative in arginine dih...

Fluorescent rhizosphere Pseudomonas sp. strain NZ130 promotes plant growth, and may do so in part because of its production of a growth inhibitory factor that is active against phytopathogenic fungi. Analysis of the inhibitory factor that is active against the phytopathogen Pythium ultimum showed that its activity is antagonized at iron concentrations above 10 microM. The iron-antagonized inhib...

AIM To screen for novel antagonistic Pseudomonas strains producing both phenazines and biosurfactants that are as effective as Pseudomonas aeruginosa PNA1 in the biocontrol of cocoyam root rot caused by Pythium myriotylum. MATERIAL AND RESULTS Forty pseudomonads were isolated from the rhizosphere of healthy white and red cocoyam plants appearing in natural, heavily infested fields in Cameroon...

BACKGROUND Fluorescent reporter proteins have revolutionized our understanding of cellular bioprocesses by enabling live cell imaging with exquisite spatio-temporal resolution. Existing fluorescent proteins are predominantly based on the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and related analogs. However, GFP-family proteins strictly require molecular oxygen for maturation of fluorescence, which precl...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous fluorescent, rod-shaped pseudomonad, with high metabolic capacity, and potential for application in processes to remove recalcitrant compounds such as petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC) from the environment. The bacterium persists sites highly selective pressures those contaminated by PHC. One of bacterium's strategies colonize biofilms which enhance its protect...