Recognition of Pseudomonas pickettii in the clinical laboratory: biochemical characterization of 62 strains.
Pseudomonas pickettii strains were studied to determine the characteristics essential for their identification in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Preliminary investigations indicated that these glucose-oxidizing, denitrifying, gram-negative rods were quite similar to an unclassified group of clinical isolates designated VA-2. Gas liquid chromatography of trimethylsilyl derivatives of whole cell hydrolysates of P. pickettii and VA-2 strains yielded nearly identical elution profiles. The VA-2 cultures were concluded to be probable strains of P. pickettii. A method is presented for differentiating cultures of P. pickettii from other similar bacteria encountered in clinical specimens.
D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008353:Mannitol / Q000378:metabolism; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
D009566:Nitrates; D008353:Mannitol; D005947:Glucose