Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacterial species from ornamental aquarium plants.
Ornamental aquarium plants were demonstrated to carry as many as 10(8) viable mesophilic bacteria per g. Gram-negative organisms predominated among the 19 genera of bacteria identified. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was readily isolated from 53% of the samples tested.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology