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<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is a type of bacterium that has the ability to develop resistance to antibiotics rather rapidly over several generations. This resistance present in some strains makes <i>P. aeruginosa</i> very difficult to treat once a host, such as a human or other animal, is infected. Adding to its ability to develop drug resistance is its resilience that allows it to thrive in various environments, especially medical environments. It is commonly a hospital-acquired infection | <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is a type of bacterium that has the ability to develop resistance to antibiotics rather rapidly over several generations. This resistance present in some strains makes <i>P. aeruginosa</i> very difficult to treat once a host, such as a human or other animal, is infected. Adding to its ability to develop drug resistance is its resilience that allows it to thrive in various environments, especially medical environments and moist environments containing water. It is commonly a hospital-acquired infection; though there is a distinction between its colonization and its infection.<sup>1</sup> It is gram-negative, rod shaped, and aerobic. Additionally it has the ability to catalyze numerous organic molecules and mutate to adapt to its environmental nutritional conditions. | ||
[[Image:P. aeruginosa.jpg|thumb|300px|right|http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp SEM of Pseudomonas aeruginosa credited to Janice Haney Carr at the CDC.]] | [[Image:P. aeruginosa.jpg|thumb|300px|right|http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp SEM of Pseudomonas aeruginosa credited to Janice Haney Carr at the CDC.]] | ||
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Introduction
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a type of bacterium that has the ability to develop resistance to antibiotics rather rapidly over several generations. This resistance present in some strains makes P. aeruginosa very difficult to treat once a host, such as a human or other animal, is infected. Adding to its ability to develop drug resistance is its resilience that allows it to thrive in various environments, especially medical environments and moist environments containing water. It is commonly a hospital-acquired infection; though there is a distinction between its colonization and its infection.1 It is gram-negative, rod shaped, and aerobic. Additionally it has the ability to catalyze numerous organic molecules and mutate to adapt to its environmental nutritional conditions.
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Edited by [Elizabeth Eder], student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2013, Kenyon College.
