Halopseudomonas pertucinogena

Halopseudomonas pertucinogena is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium. It derives its name from the fact that it produces pertucin, a bacteriocin active against phase I organisms of Bordetella pertussis.^[1] H. pertucinogena was originally assigned to the genus Pseudomonas, but was later assigned to Halopseudomonas.^[2]

Halopseudomonas pertucinogena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Halopseudomonas
Species:	H. pertucinogena
Binomial name
Halopseudomonas pertucinogena (Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975) Rudra and Gupta 2021
Type strain
ATCC 190 CCUG 7832 CIP 106696 JCM 11590 LMG 1874 NBRC 14163
Synonyms
Pseudomonas pertucinogena Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) Neopseudomonas pertucinogena (Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975) Saati-Santamaría et al. 2021