Pseudomonas pseudomallei


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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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