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Hilario E,
Buckley TR,
Young JM,
( 2004 ) Improved resolution on the phylogenetic relationships among Pseudomonas by the combined analysis of atp D, car A, rec A and 16S rDNA. PMID : 15103237 : DOI : 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000024910.57117.16 Abstract >>
A study of representatives of the bacterial genus Pseudomonas, analysing a combined data set of four molecular sequences with completely different properties and evolutionary constraints, is reported. The best evolutionary model was obtained with a hierarchical hypothesis testing program to describe each data set and the combined data set is presented and analysed under the likelihood criterion. The resolution among Pseudomonas taxa based on the combined data set analysis of the different lineages increased due to a synergistic effect of the individual data sets. The unresolved fluorescens lineage, as well as other weakly supported lineages in the single data set trees, should be revised in detail at the biochemical and molecular level. The taxonomic status of biovars of P. putida is discussed.
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Young JM,
Park DC,
( 2007 ) Probable synonymy of the nitrogen-fixing genus Azotobacter and the genus Pseudomonas. PMID : 18048745 : DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.64969-0 Abstract >>
The relationships of the genus Azotobacter, Azomonas macrocytogenes and the genus Pseudomonas were revealed by comparative analysis of partial 16S rRNA and atpD, carA and recA gene sequences and as concatenated nucleotide and peptide sequences. Sequence similarities of Azotobacter species and Azomonas macrocytogenes indicated that these may be considered to be synonyms at the molecular level. In addition, these species show an intimate relationship with species of Pseudomonas, especially P. aeruginosa (the type species of the genus). In terms of the current circumscription of the genus Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas macrocytogenes should be considered for amalgamation with Pseudomonas. Azotobacter and Azomonas comprise nitrogen-fixing strains with large pleomorphic cells that form cysts, and peritrichous flagella insertion; characteristics not included in the current circumscription of Pseudomonas. The data are discussed in the light of whether lateral transfer of genes could be involved in the determination of significant morphological characteristics, thus leading to a problem that may be encountered more frequently: how to resolve classification of taxa based on conserved sequences with those based on their phenotype. More fundamentally, the results illuminate problems that will increasingly be encountered: by what criteria can taxa be delineated, what are the most appropriate methods for classification, and what are the proper assumptions of bacterial classification?
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