Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Psychrobacter

| species = phenylpyruvicus

| authority = Bowman et al. 1996[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/psychrobacter LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]

| type_strain = ACAM 535, ACM 886, ATCC 23333, BCRC 11231, CCM 5954, CCRC 11231, CCUG 351, CDC 2863, CIP 82.27, CIP 82.27T, CNCTC 5749, CNCTC Mo 7/75, DSM 7000, IAM 12282, JCM 20444, LMG 5372, NBRC 102152, NCTC 10526, USCC 1618[http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/2571 Straininfo of Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus]

| synonyms = Moraxella polymorpha, Moraxella phenylpyruvica[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=29432&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy Browser]

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Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus is a Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, nonmotile bacterium of the genus Psychrobacter, which was isolated from human blood in Belgium.{{Cite journal | last1 = Maruyama | first1 = A. | last2 = Honda | first2 = D. | last3 = Yamamoto | first3 = H. | last4 = Kitamura | first4 = K. | last5 = Higashihara | first5 = T. | title = Phylogenetic analysis of psychrophilic bacteria isolated from the Japan Trench, including a description of the deep-sea species Psychrobacter pacificensis sp. nov | doi = 10.1099/00207713-50-2-835 | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 50 | issue = 2 | pages = 835–46 | year = 2000 | pmid = 10758895| doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Bozal | first1 = N. | title = Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. And Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov | doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.02457-0 | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 1093–1100 | year = 2003 | pmid = 12892132}}{{Cite book | last1 = Bowman | first1 = J. P. | chapter = The Genus Psychrobacter | doi = 10.1007/0-387-30746-X_35 | title = The Prokaryotes | pages = 920–930 | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-387-25496-8 }}[http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/products/all/23333.aspx?geo_country=de ATCC][http://www.phe-culturecollections.org.uk/products/bacteria/detail.jsp?refId=NCTC+10526&collection=nctc Public Health England][https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/29432 UniProt]{{Cite journal | last1 = Vela | first1 = A. I. | title = Psychrobacter pulmonis sp. nov., isolated from the lungs of lambs | doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.02413-0 | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 53 | issue = 2 | pages = 415–419 | year = 2003 | pmid = 12710606| doi-access = free }} Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus can cause humans infections such as endocarditis, peritonitis, and fungating lesion of the foot, but those infections caused by this bacterium are rare.{{cite book | author = Elmer W. Koneman | title = Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology | edition = 6 | publisher = Lippencott Williams & Wil | date = 1 November 2005 | isbn = 0781730147}}