Bacterium
pseudomonas putida
Subclass of:
Pseudomonas
Definitions related to pseudomonas putida:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, non spore forming, oxidase positive and able to degrade styrene and many aromatic hydrocarbons found in fuel oil. P. putida is rarely pathogenic and one strain can convert morphine to hydromorphine.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and water as well as clinical specimens. Occasionally it is an opportunistic pathogen.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Pseudomonas putida.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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