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. 1984 Oct;20(4):626-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.20.4.626-629.1984.

Pseudomonas mesophilica and an unnamed taxon, clinical isolates of pink-pigmented oxidative bacteria

G L Gilardi, Y C Faur

Pseudomonas mesophilica and an unnamed taxon, clinical isolates of pink-pigmented oxidative bacteria

G L Gilardi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Oct.

Abstract

Twenty-one strains of pink-pigmented bacteria, isolated from human clinical specimens and an environmental source, were compared with Pseudomonas mesophilica ATCC 29983 and Protaminobacter ruber ATCC 8457. These isolates were gram-negative, oxidative rods which were motile by means of a single polar flagellum; gave positive catalase, indophenol oxidase, urease, and amylase reactions; and grew slowly at 30 degrees C. Fourteen isolates conformed to the designated type strains Pseudomonas mesophilica ATCC 29983 and Protaminobacter ruber ATCC 8457. The remaining seven strains represented an undescribed taxon. These pink bacteria appear to be invaders of debilitated patients with an underlying chronic disease.

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