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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"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

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

All the rest of the face had been colonised by pseudomonas, apart from the small patch where he had put the phage bandage.

From BBC • May 17, 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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