PSEUDOMONAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudomonas mean? 

• PSEUDOMONAS (noun)
  The noun PSEUDOMONAS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae

  Familiarity information: PSEUDOMONAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDOMONAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas

Hypernyms ("Pseudomonas" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Pseudomonas"):

Pseudomonas pyocanea (a species of aerobic bacteria)

pseudomonad (bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals)

Holonyms ("Pseudomonas" is a member of...):

family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)

 Context examples 

In a study of mice, the researchers found that their strongest peptide could completely eliminate Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a strain of bacteria that causes respiratory and other infections and is resistant to most antibiotics.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Cefsulodin has activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus but little activity against other bacteria.

(Cefsulodin, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant immunotoxin consisting of the Fv portion of the anti-CD22 antibody RFB4 fused to a fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin-A with potential antineoplastic activity.

(BL22 immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A 3-dichloromethylactinobolin antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from various Pseudomonas bacterial species.

(Bactobolin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is made by combining interleukin-13 with a toxin from Pseudomonas bacteria.

(Cintredekin Besudotox, NCI Dictionary)

The lipopolysaccharide complexes that are part of the outer membrane of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Haemophilus, and other leading pathogens.

(Endotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A chimeric protein consisting of the Fv portion of a monoclonal antibody attached to a fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin A without its cell-binding region.

(LMB-1 immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant monoclonal antibody (OVB3) directed against human ovarian cancer linked with an exotoxin derived from the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

(Monoclonal Antibody OVB3-PE, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant immunotoxin consisting of the Fv portion of the anti-CD22 antibody covalently fused to a 38 KDa fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin-A (PE38) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Moxetumomab Pasudotox, NCI Thesaurus)

A zinc-dependent enzyme isolated from a strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas.

(Glucarpidase, NCI Thesaurus)