Pseudomonas oryzihabitans

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- 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 stain
- Gram negative rods,
  
  0.5-0.8 x 1.5-3 µm
Culture characteristics
- 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
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition