pseudomonad
noun
pseu·do·mo·nad
ˌsü-də-ˈmō-ˌnad 
-nəd
: any of a genus (Pseudomonas) of gram-negative rod-shaped motile bacteria including some that produce a greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment and some that are saprophytes or plant or animal pathogens
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One species of bacteria that grows in the rhizosphere of birch roots is a fluorescent pseudomonad.
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Richard Schiffman, Scientific American, 4 May 2021
Richard Schiffman, Scientific American, 4 May 2021
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Etymology
New Latin Pseudomonad-, Pseudomonas
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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pseudomonad
noun
pseu·do·mo·nad
ˌsüd-ə-ˈmō-ˌnad, -nəd
: any bacterium of the genus Pseudomonas
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