''Pseudomonas tolaasii'' is a species of

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

soil Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Some scientific definitions distinguish ''dirt'' from ''soil'' by restricting the former te ...

bacteria that is the causal agent of bacterial blotch on cultivated mushrooms (''

Agaricus bisporus ''Agaricus bisporus'' is an edible basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It has two color states while immature – white and brown – both of which have various names, with additional names for the mature ...

''). It is known to produce a toxin, called

tolaasin Tolaasin, a toxic secretion by ''Pseudomonas tolaasii'', is the cause of bacterial brown blotch disease of edible mushrooms. Tolaasin is composed of 18 amino acids, including a beta-hydroxy-octanoic acid chain located at the N terminus. Tolaasin i ...

, which is responsible for the brown blotches associated with the disease. It also demonstrates

hemolytic Hemolysis or haemolysis (), also known by several other names, is the rupturing (lysis) of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma). Hemolysis may occur in vivo o ...

activity, causing

lysis Lysis ( ) is the breaking down of the membrane of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic (that is, "lytic" ) mechanisms that compromise its integrity. A fluid containing the contents of lysed cells is called a ''lysate''. In molecular bio ...

of erythrocytes. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, ''P. tolaasii'' has been placed in the ''

P. fluorescens ''Pseudomonas fluorescens'' is a common Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. It belongs to the ''Pseudomonas'' genus; 16S ribosomal RNA, 16S rRNA analysis as well as phylogenomic analysis has placed ''P. fluorescens'' in the ''P. fluorescens'' gr ...

'' group.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Pseudomonas tolaasii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pseudomonadales Bacteria described in 1919 {{Pseudomonadales-stub