Taxonomy
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Genus: formerly Flavimonas
Natural habitat
Isolated from soil, water, plants and clinical specimens.
Does not belong to the human flora.
Clinical significance
Has only rarely been associated with human infections.
Infections is frequently linked to implanted or indwelling materials or to invasive procedures.
Gram negative rods,
0.5-0.8 x 1.5-3 µm
Obligate Aerobic
BA: they typically exhibit rough, dry, wrinkled, adherent, non-hemolytic colonies or, more rarely, smooth colonies.
Both have a yellow pigment.
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