A Study of Green Fluorescent Bacteria From Water

Tanner, F. W.

doi:10.1128/jb.3.1.63-101.1918

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“…Apparently little interest or attention has been directed toward the morphological appearance of the colonies of P. aeruginosa, and the few descriptions available are at variance one with another (Tanner, 1918;Ford, 1927;Kramer, 1935;Topley and Wilson, 1937;Park and Williams, 1939;Bergey et al, 1939;Jordan and Burrows, 1942). However, Lartigau (1898), Hadley (1927), andKramer (1935) called attention to the fact that P. aeruginosa is subject to variation under conditions of laboratory cultivation.…”

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Study of Dissociative Behavior ofPseudomonas aeruginos

Gaby

1946

J Bacteriol

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Since 1860, when Fordos published his experimental observations concerning the blue-green stain that sometimes appeared on surgical dressings, numerous articles dealing with the organisms commonly assigned to the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa have appeared in the literature. Because of its wide and 'This paper represents a portion of the dissertation to be submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, St. Louis University. 2The work described in this paper was done under a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the St. Louis University.

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“…He found it difficult to separate them into species and varieties. Tanner (1918) reported that of a group of 100 strains of fluorescent organisms isolated from water, 4 produced endospores, but the rest constituted a homologous group, differences appearing only in regard to liquefaction of gelatin, formation of H2S, and perhaps fermentation of glycerol.…”

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Study of Dissociative Behavior ofPseudomonas aeruginos

Gaby

1946

J Bacteriol

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“…found it difficult to distinguish P. aeruginosa from P. fluore8cens by biochemical means (Eisenberg, 1914;Sandiford, 1937), while others have apparently been more successful (Ruzicka, 1899;Niederkorn, 1900;Tanner, 1918;Brooks et al, 1925; Seleen and Stark, 1943). In examining the data presented in the various reports it is difficult to discover any set of reactions that is characteristic of any particular member of the genus.…”

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A Serological Study of Members of the Pseudomonas Genus

1949

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A review of the literature on the characteristics of the members of the Pseudomonas genus, which mainly deals with P. aeruginosa and P. fluorescens, reveals marked disagreement concerning the biochemical and serological reactions of these organisms. The production of a blue-green or yellow-green pigment is considered to be an important factor in classifying an organism as belonging to this genus (Breed et al., 1948), but it is well known that strains lose their ability to produce pigment (Hadley, 1927; Wilson and Miles, 1946); in fact nonpigmented colonies can frequently be found on plates from a pigmented strain (Buonomini, 1934; Gaby, 1946). Biochemical reactions are perhaps as unsatisfactory as pigment production for classifying the members of this group, yet these criteria are employed in their classification. Various workers, using different experimental conditions, have not found any set of biochemical reactions that will consistently differentiate one strain from another. The results of studies of the fermentation of carbohydrates are in many cases contradictory. Jordan (1903) found that 58 strains of P. aeruginosa and P. fluorescenrs-liquefaciens did not ferment any of the carbohydrates which he tested, whereas other workers (Harris, 1940; Naghski, 1941; Stein, 1942; Seleen and Stark, 1943; and others) found weak or variable fermentation of glucose, maltose, sucrose, and lactose. Most investigators agree that glucose is fermented by P. aeruginosa and P. fluorescens, but apparently variations in results are also obtained with some strains of these organisms (Elrod and Braun, 1942; Gaby, 1946). The reaction with other sugars seems to vary considerably with the

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“…The extensive work done by several groups of investigators, notably Winslow, Kligler and Rothberg (1919) and Levine (1918), make it possible to identify members of the colon-aerogenes group and, as far as possible, the lactose fermenting bacteria in this collection have been identified. The descriptions of fluorescent bacteria given by Edson and Carpenter (1912) and by Tanner (1918) also make it possible to identify bacteria of this group. The inadequate descriptions of nonfermenting, asporogenous, gelatin liquefying and non-liquefying bacteria given in the literature, if they are given at all, make it very difficult to identify organisms of this kind.…”

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The Sources and Characteristics of the Bacteria in Decomposing Salmon

Hunter¹

1922

J Bacteriol

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In the course of an extensive investigation of the bacteriology of decomposing salmon a large number of cultures from various sources have been collected for study. The descriptions and, to some extent, the identification of the bacteria obtained from decomposing salmon caught on the spawning migration have been given in a previous report on this subject (Hunter, 1920). In that report the statement was made that the bacteria isolated from decomposing salmon were found to be those which are described in the literature as water, sewage and soil organisms. It was also stated that there was apparently no contamination of the fish with spore-forming organisms in the cannery. In order to determine definitely the relation between the flora of seawater and that of decomposing salmon, experiments on the decomposition of "feedy" salmon, which have been described in a previous report (Hunter, 1921) were conducted at Astoria, Oregon. From the plates and the mixed cultures obtained from the decomposing salmon 197 cultures were selected for study. Samples of seawater were collected from various locations near the mouth of the Columbia River. From these water samples, plated on glucose agar, 14 cultures were selected for study. Although this number of cultures appears rather small, 1 Published by permission of the Secretary of Agriculture. The writer wishes to express his appreciation of the advice and helpful suggestions which have been given by Dr. Charles Thom under whose supervision this work has been done. During the work in the field, the writer was ably assisted by Mr. B. A. Linden of the Microbiological Laboratory.

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A Study of Green Fluorescent Bacteria From Water

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Study of Dissociative Behavior ofPseudomonas aeruginos

Study of Dissociative Behavior ofPseudomonas aeruginos

A Serological Study of Members of the Pseudomonas Genus

The Sources and Characteristics of the Bacteria in Decomposing Salmon

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