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My work on adopting bacteria is on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Normally considered as a pathogenic organism that causes infectious diseases, it is also highly beneficial in degrading pollutants and research. This is a small but fun insight into our friend or foe, P. aeruginosa.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is commonly found in soil, water, and plants and is highly abundant in areas with human activity, such as contaminated sites and areas with extreme human contact.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa are gram-negative bacteria, aerobic, and have a non-spore-forming rod.
Scientific name: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Genus: Pseudomonas
Family: Pseudomonadaceae
Species: P. aeruginosa
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Water and soil are the natural environments in which P. aeruginosa is found. However, it is also found in contaminated areas with hydrocarbons and pesticides and polluted areas. It is also found in healthcare settings where it causes severe infections and in domestic settings in moist areas such as bathtubs and sinks. It can also be present on your skin, but it may not cause an infection, which is what healthcare experts sometimes call this bacterial colonization
Conservational challenges that Pseudomonas aeruginosa faces are genetic conservation and adaptability, where high degrees of conservation across strains limit genetic diversity. Antibiotic resistance allows for resistance to multiple antibiotics. Climate and geographic variability and environmental persisitance.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0832438100
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/11/11/ofae621/7828109
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9320790/
Pseudomonas aeruginosa might be an opportunistic pathogen, but it should be considered that its rise is highly influenced by human actions such as not taking good care of our environments. While it can be our enemy, it is also a foe because its functions and processes significantly benefit us humans.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known as an opportunistic pathogen that causes infections in humans, especially those with weak immune systems. It causes respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and nosocomial infections. Common causes of a weakened immune system include lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes,and HIV/AIDS,
But wait just a minute.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is also not all bad and is used in bioremediation as it can degrade pollutants, hydrocarbons, and pesticides and clean contaminated environments. It is used as a biocontrol agent protecting plants from fungal pathogens. Used as a model organism in scientific research. It is used to produce useful compounds with potential medical appliccations.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01056-1
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/pseudomonas-aeruginosa/
