title: Medium for the simultaneous detection of pyocyanin and fluorescein pigments of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: To help simplify the identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by clinical microbiology laboratories, the authors developed a new medium, pyocyanin-fluorescein agar (PFA), which enhances the production of both Pseudomonas pigments simultaneously. Production of pigments on PFA was equivalent to production on a pyocyanin agar (P agar) and a fluorescein agar (F agar) used in combination and was superior to either P agar or F agar used alone. The medium is simple to prepare and it detected pigment in 94% of P. aeruginosa isolates tested.
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010619:Phenazines / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011710:Pyocyanine / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010619:Phenazines; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C042453:pyoverdin; D011710:Pyocyanine