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Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacilli. The Pseudomonas Group
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Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacilli The Pseudomonas Group Gram negative, motile, aerobic rods some of which produce water-soluble pigments. Occur widely in soil, water, plants and animals. According to rRNA/DNA homology and common cultural characteristics pseudomonads are classified into the following groups: 1- Fluorescent group Pseudomonas aeruginosa P. fluorescens P. putida 2- Nonfluorescent group P. stutzeri P. mendocina 3- Burkholderia 4- Comamonas species Acidovorax species 5- Brevundimonas species 6- Streptotrophomonas maltophilia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa A- Morphology & Identification B- Culture C- Growth characteristics Antigenic Structure &Toxins Pathogenesis Clinical Findings Diagnostic Laboratory Tests A- Specimens B- Smears C- Culture Treatment Epidemiology
Burkholdeia pseudomallei B. Mallei B. Cepacia Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Acintobacter Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacteria Actinobacillus Alcaligenes Capnocytophaga Cardiobacterium Chromobacteria Eikenella corrodens Chryseobacterium Kingella Moraxella