pseudomonad

• Sustantivo que designa un tipo de bacteria generalmente productora de un pigmento verdeazulado fluorescente soluble en agua; algunas especies son patógenas para plantas y animales.

A noun referring to a type of bacterium that typically produces a greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment, with some species being pathogenic to plants and animals.

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   A type of bacteria that typically produces a greenish fluorescent pigment that is soluble in water; some species are pathogenic to plants and animals.

   Pseudomónada

   • The lab identified a pseudomonad in the water sample.
   • Some pseudomonads are known to cause infections in hospital patients.
   • The plant disease was traced back to a pathogenic pseudomonad.