pseudomonas

[ soo-dom-uh-nuhs, -nas ]

noun

, Bacteriology.

, plural pseu·do·mon·a·des [soo-d, uh, -, mon, -, uh, -deez].

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

pseudomonas

/ sjuːˈdɒmənəs /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudomonas¹

< New Latin (1897); pseudo-, monad

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudomonas¹

C20: from New Latin, from pseudo- + Greek monas unit

Example Sentences

Previous studies with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, for instance, have found that phage and bacteria can engage in evolutionary battles that drive the bacteria to be more sensitive to antibiotics.

From Science News

Looking at it, I feel the same way as when I hold a tab of acid or a test tube of particularly virulent Pseudomonas or a superlatively mean plastic flogger.

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