Bacterium
pseudomonas fluorescens
Subclass of:
Pseudomonas
Definitions related to pseudomonas fluorescens:
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A species of nonpathogenic fluorescent bacteria found in feces, sewage, soil, and water, and which liquefy gelatin.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of obligatively aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, non spore forming, a source of fluorescein and mupirocin and is used in the production of yogurt. P. fluorescens can be pathogenic to immunocompromised individuals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Pseudomonas fluorescens.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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