Pseudomonas knackmussii

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| genus = Pseudomonas

| species = knackmussii

| authority = Stoltz, et al. 2007

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Pseudomonas knackmussii is a Gram-negative, polarly flagellated, motile, short rod bacterium isolated from a sewage treatment plant in Göttingen, Germany. It is the first bacterium used to study the degradation of haloaromatic compounds. It is named after Hans-Joachim Knackmuss.{{cite journal |author=Stoltz |title=Pseudomonas knackmussii sp. nov |journal=Int J Syst Evol Microbiol |volume= 57|pages=572–576 |date=Mar 2007 |pmid=17329787 |last2=Busse |first2=HJ |last3=Kämpfer |first3=P |issue=Pt 3 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.64761-0 |display-authors=1 |doi-access=free }} The type strain is DSM 6978.