Monday, December 31, 2007

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pseudomonas
noun Microbiology a bacterium which occurs in soil and detritus, including a number that are pathogens of plants or animals.
Genus Pseudomonas; aerobic Gram-negative bacteria.
origin modern Latin, from pseudo- ‘false’ + monas ‘monad’.

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