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My adopted bacterium is Pseudomonas fluoresens, there is just something about this bacterium that makes it interesting its bioluminescence is where it produces its light/color.
this bacterium is perfect for biotechnology in antimicrobial cues
it also informs us about how bacteria can be divers and how it can change its morphology due to different stresses
pseudomonas produces light through bioluminescence due to the molecule pyoverdine
this is how P. fluorescens looks like on agar, it has a blue -gren color to it
P. fluorescens are gram negative and are rod shaped
P. fluorescens is a gram negative microbacterium from the genus Pseudomonas, it has a thin layer of peptidoglycan and an outer membrane that contains lipopolysaccharides._ Pseudomonas_ fluorescens has multiple flagella, and an extremely versatile metabolism, it can be found in the soil and in water [1]. It is an obligate aerobe meaning that it is requires oxygen to survive [2]].
P. fluorescens efficiently invades plant rhizospheres and generates a number of extracellular toxins, such as hydrogen cyanide (HCN), pyrrolnitrin (PRN), 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG), and pyoluteorin (PLT). In addition to decreasing predation pressure and increasing bacterial competition in the rhizosphere, these toxins also have antagonistic effects on plant diseases, which encourages plant growth.
P. fluorescens has the ability to bioremediate by enhancing the uptake of metals by the roots and bioaccumulating and degrading plant-toxic chemicals, such as metals. Furthermore, this bacterium plays a major role in lowering nitrates and nitrites. The attachment characteristics of P. fluorescens to a substrate or host, and consequently its ability to form biofilms or colonize and invade hosts, can also be altered by an increase in temperature.
