the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Formerly: Chryseomonas
Natural habitat
Is an oppertunistic pathogen, found ubiquitously in damp enviroments.
Clinical significance
P. luteola is a rare cause of infections in humans.
There have been case reports of a variety of different infections, including bacteremia, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, and postsurgical meningitis.
Also infections in patients with underlying diseases or in association with foreign body.
the following information is not yet verified
Gram negative rods,
0.8 x 2.5 µm
Obligate Aerobic
BA: they typically exhibit rough, dry, wrinkled, adherent, non-hemolytic colonies or, more rarely, smooth colonies.
McConkey: growth, non lactose fermenter
BBAØ: no growth
James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition
Karen C. Carrol et al (2019) Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 12th Edition