Pseudomonas aeruginosa facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
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| P. aeruginosa on an XLD agar plate. | |
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Pseudomonadaceae
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P. aeruginosa
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| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schröter 1872)
Migula 1900 |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that causes many drug-resistant diseases acquired in hospitals. It uses a wide range of organic material for food; in animals, the versatility enables the organism to infect damaged tissues or people with reduced immunity.
Images for kids
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Petri dish.
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Pigment production, growth on cetrimide agar, the oxidase test, plaque formation and Gram stain.
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A culture dish with Pseudomonas
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Gram-stained P. aeruginosa bacteria (pink-red rods)
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Phagocytosis of P. aeruginosa by neutrophil in patient with bloodstream infection (Gram stain)
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Production of pyocyanin, water-soluble green pigment of P. aeruginosa (left tube)
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa fluorescence under UV illumination
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The antibiogram of P. aeruginosa on Mueller–Hinton agar
