halopseudomonas pertucinogena 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. h. pertucinogena was originally assigned to the genus pseudomonas, but was later assigned to halopseudomonas. halopseudomonas pertucinogena scientific classification domain: bacteria 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