In article <hydex004.801522762 at gold.tc.umn.edu> hydex004 at gold.tc.umn.edu (Frederick W Hyde) writes:
>From: hydex004 at gold.tc.umn.edu (Frederick W Hyde)
>Subject: Re: Pseudomonas identification
>Date: 26 May 1995 16:15:28 -0500
>Depends on species.
>Some species exhibit a characteristic pigment, usually fluorescein or
>pyocyanin, (green/blue, repsectively), when cultured on some solid media.
>the genus really is a catchall in some cases for organisms that don't
>have a particular home, and is only now being sorted out by DNA homology,
>fatty acid GC, and other molecular methods.
Ok, I'll narrow it down to a more precise question. I've got 2 bugs, 1's a
Pseudonomas putida, the other one is unknown. Both are Gram -ve and oxidase
+ve. What other tests can I do which could show a difference between the 2?
Thanks for the input,
Jason Brinck,
School of Biochemistry,
University of Birmingham
