Stenotrophomonas

S. acidaminiphila[1] S. africana[1] S. aracearum[1] S. bentonitica[1] S. beteli[1] S. capsici[1] S. chelatiphaga[1] S. cyclobalanopsidis[1] S. daejeonensis[1] S. forensis[1] S. geniculata[1] S. ginsengisoli[1] S. goyi[1] S. hibiscicola[1] S. humi[1] S. indicatrix[1] S. koreensis[1] S. lactitubi[1] S. lacuserhaii[1] S. maltophilia[1] S. mori[1] S. muris[1] S. nematodicola[1] S. nitritireducens[1] S. oahuensis[1] S. panacihumi[1] S. pavanii[1] S. pennii[1] S. pictorum[1] S. pigmentata[1] S. rhizophila[1] S. riyadhensis[1] S. sepilia[1] S. terrae[1] S. tumulicola[1] Stenotrophomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria,[2] comprising at least twenty-six species.

[3] Stenotrophomonas species range from common soil organisms (S. nitritireducens) to opportunistic human pathogens (S. maltophilia); the molecular taxonomy of the genus is still somewhat unclear.

[4] The most common species, S. maltophilia, is very versatile and can be beneficial for plant growth and health, can be used in agriculture, biocontrol, bioremediation and phytoremediation strategies as well as the production of biomolecules of economic value.

Stenotrophomonas species, especially S. maltophilia and S. rhizophila, are often found in association with plants, such as cucumber, oilseed rape, potato, strawberry, alfalfa, sunflower, maize, rice, wheat, various weeds, willow and poplar.

[11] Small palindromic elements that carry tetranucleotide GTAG at one terminus were found to be widespread in the genome of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

S. maltophilia strains have an extraordinarily high hydrolytic potential; they produce diverse proteases, chitinases, glucanases, DNases, RNases, lipases and laccases.

[3] S. maltophilia are equipped for iron uptake, as they produce the siderophore enterobactin and many TonB‑dependent receptors (TBDRs) used for the active transport of iron–siderophore complexes.