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n. A pseudomonad

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Pseudomonas is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic Gammaproteobacteria, belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae containing 191 validly described species. The members of the genus demonstrate a great deal of metabolic diversity, and consequently are able to colonize a wide range of niches. Their ease of culture in vitro and availability of an increasing number of Pseudomonas strain genome sequences has made the genus an excellent focus for scientific research; the best studied species include P. aeruginosa in its role as an opportunistic human pathogen, the plant pathogen P. syringae, the soil bacterium P. putida, and the plant growth-promoting P. fluorescens.

Because of their widespread occurrence in water and plant seeds such as dicots, the pseudomonads were observed early in the history of microbiology. The generic name Pseudomonas created for these organisms was defined in rather vague terms by Walter Migula in 1894 and 1900 as a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped and polar- flagellated bacteria with some sporulating species, the latter statement was later proved incorrect and was due to refractive granules of reserve materials. Despite the vague description, the type species, Pseudomonas pyocyanea (basonym of Pseudomonas aeruginosa), proved the best descriptor.

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Normally quiescent organisms, such as staphylococcus, yeast, pseudomonas, or escherichia, can become deadly when they colonize the surface of some foreign object implanted inside the body.

She particularly hated pseudomonas, a bacterial infection that coated burn patients with green slime.

Looks like all trace of that nasty Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection has gone.

Normally quiescent organisms, such as staphylococcus, yeast, pseudomonas, or escherichia, can become deadly when they colonize the surface of some foreign object implanted inside the body.