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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pseudomonas bacterium.

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  • noun Any of many gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Pseudomonas, some of which are pathogenic

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  • noun bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Pseudomonas, genus name : pseudo– + Latin monas, monad-, unit (from Greek, from monos, single; see men- in Indo-European roots).]

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Examples

  • Contamination can happen if a pseudomonad, which produces highly toxic metabolites, intrudes during fermentation of tempeh.

    Chapter 9 1979

  • Beneficial relationships like this are found in fluorescent pseudomonad species that protect plant roots from pathogenic fungi, for example.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Hydroxylation of the A-ring of taxifolin by a soil pseudomonad.

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  • 129, 485-492 (1985) [2] Reddy, C.C.; Vaidyanathan, C.S.: Purification and properties of benzoate-4 - hydroxylase from a soil pseudomonad.

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