Pseudomonas luteola

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- 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.
Gram stain
- Gram negative rods,
  
  0.8 x 2.5 µm
Culture characteristics
- 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
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition