Pseudomonas putida

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Family: Pseudomonadaceae
  
  Natural habitat
  Isolated from soil, plants, water surfaces, rarely from clinical samples.
  
  Clinical significance
  Opportunistic pathogen.
Gram stain
- Gram-negative rods.
  
  0.7-1.1 by 2-4 µm
  
  They are usually thinner than Enterobacteriacea
Culture characteristics
- Obligate Aerobic
  
  BA: they do not possess distinctive colony morphology and are non-hemolytic.
  
  They do not smell and do not produce pyocyanine only pyoverdine.
  
  McConkey: growth, non lactose fermenter
  
  BBAØ: no growth
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition