Definition of "pseudomonad" []

• Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped, mostly aerobic flagellated bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonad, commonly found in soil, water, and decaying matter and including some plant and animal pathogens. (noun)
• A pseudomonad of the large genus Pseudomonas, some species of which are opportunistic pathogens in humans. Also called pseudomonas. (noun)

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• "Contamination can happen if a pseudomonad, which produces highly toxic metabolites, intrudes during fermentation of tempeh."
• "Beneficial relationships like this are found in fluorescent pseudomonad species that protect plant roots from pathogenic fungi, for example."
• "Hydroxylation of the A-ring of taxifolin by a soil pseudomonad."