Pseudomonas pseudomallei
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Related to Pseudomonas pseudomallei: Pseudomonas mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei
Pseudomonas pseudomallei
[‚süd·ə‚mōn·əs ‚süd·ə′mal·ē·ī] (microbiology)
A bacteria that is the causative agent of melioidosis, an endemic glanders-like disease of humans and animals that occurs most frequently in southeastern Asia and northern Australia.
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