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pseudomonas

American

[soo-dom-uh-nuhs, -nas] / suˈdɒm ə nəs, -ˌnæs /

noun

Bacteriology.

any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.

pseudomonas British

/ sjuːˈdɒmənəs /

noun

any of a genus of rodlike Gram-negative bacteria that live in soil and decomposing organic matter: many species are pathogenic to plants and a few are pathogenic to man

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

pseudomonades

plural

Etymology

Origin of pseudomonas

< New Latin (1897); see pseudo-, monad

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pseudomonas

"Analysis of the domestic hot water pipework has indicated erosion corrosion and galvanic corrosion to be the cause, pseudomonas is not a factor."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

Wales' chief medical officer Frank Atherton said extra regulation was needed following an outbreak of skin infection pseudomonas at a Newport tattoo and body piercing establishment in 2014.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2023

It is now where the water supply is contaminated with pseudomonas and legionella bacteria.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2019

A 2011-2012 study found that all six pseudomonas outbreaks reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention occurred in hot tubs.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2017

Jahrling guessed that the flask had been wiped out by a common soil bacterium called pseudomonas.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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