title: Incidence and identification of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida in the clinical laboratory.
abstract: Strains of Pseudomonas producing fluorescin but no pyocyanin or pyorubrin were studied by biochemical and antibiotic sensitivity testing. A rapid nitrate test was found to be useful in distinguishing P. aeruginosa (positive) from P. fluorescens and P. putida (both negative). A shortened gelatin test differentiated P. fluorescens (positive) from P. putida (negative). P. fluorescens and P. putida were very sensitive to low levels of kanamycin and resistant to carbenicillin, a pattern just the opposite of that obtained with P. aeruginosa.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005780:Gelatin / Q000378:metabolism; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009566:Nitrates; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D007612:Kanamycin; D005780:Gelatin; D002228:Carbenicillin