Ralstonia mannitolilytica

Ralstonia mannitolilytica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Ralstoniaceae
Genus: Ralstonia
Binomial name
Ralstonia mannitolilytica
corrig. De Baere et al. 2001
Synonyms

Ralstonia mannitolytica De baere et al. 2001
Pseudomonas thomasii Phillips et al. 1972

Ralstonia mannitolilytica is a Gram-negative soil bacterium. Pseudomonas thomasii and Ralstonia pickettii are synonyms.[1]

R. mannitolilytica has been implicated as an opportunistic pathogen in hospital-acquired infections, including a 1976 United Kingdom outbreak due to a contaminated distilled water supply,[2] a 1989 outbreak in Taiwan caused by contaminated 0.9% sodium chloride solution,[3] and a 2005 outbreak in children in the United States that was linked to contaminated Vapotherm respiratory gas humidification devices.[4]

References

  1. Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
  2. Baird, R. M.; Elhag, K. M.; Shaw, E. J. (1 November 1976). "Pseudomonas Thomasii in a hospital distilled-water supply". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 9 (4): 493–495. doi:10.1099/00222615-9-4-493. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. Pan, HJ; Teng, LJ; Tzeng, MS; Chang, SC; Ho, SW; Luh, KT; Hsieh, WC (May 1992). "[Identification and typing of Pseudomonas pickettii during an episode of nosocomial outbreak].". Zhonghua Minguo wei sheng wu ji mian yi xue za zhi = Chinese journal of microbiology and immunology. 25 (2): 115–23. PMID 1473371.
  4. Jhung, M. A.; Sunenshine, R. H.; Noble-Wang, J.; et al. (1 June 2007). "A National Outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica Associated With Use of a Contaminated Oxygen-Delivery Device Among Pediatric Patients". Pediatrics. 119 (6): 1061–1068. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3739. Retrieved 28 July 2015.


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