Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
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P. aeruginosa colony (right) on trypticase soy agar | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Pseudomonadales |
Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
Genus: | Pseudomonas |
Species: | P. aeruginosa |
Binomial name | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schröter 1872) Migula 1900 |
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Type strain | |
ATCC 10145 CCUG 551 |
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Synonyms | |
Bacterium aeruginosum Schroeter 1872 |
CCUG 551
CFBP 2466
CIP 100720
DSM 50071
JCM 5962
LMG 1242
NBRC 12689
NCCB 76039
NCIMB 8295
NCTC 10332
NRRL B-771
VKM B-588
Bacterium aeruginosum Schroeter 1872
Bacterium aeruginosum Cohn 1872
Micrococcus pyocyaneus Zopf 1884
Bacillus aeruginosus (Schroeter 1872) Trevisan 1885
Bacillus pyocyaneus (Zopf 1884) Flügge 1886
Pseudomonas pyocyanea (Zopf 1884) Migula 1895
Bacterium pyocyaneum (Zopf 1884) Lehmann and Neumann 1896
Pseudomonas polycolor Clara 1930
Pseudomonas vendrelli nomen nudum 1938
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that can cause disease in plants and animals, including humans. A species of considerable medical importance, P. aeruginosa is a multidrug resistant pathogen recognised for its ubiquity, its intrinsically advanced antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and its association with serious illnesses – especially hospital-acquired infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and various sepsis syndromes.