| analysis of competition in soil among 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading bacteria. | competition among indigenous and inoculated 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d)-degrading bacteria was studied in a native kansas prairie soil following 2,4-d additions. the soil was inoculated with four different 2,4-d-degrading strains at densities of 10(3) cells per g of soil; the organisms used were pseudomonas cepacia dbo1(pjp4) and three michigan soil isolates, strain 745, sphingomonas paucimobilis 1443, and pseudomonas pickettii 712. following 2,4-d additions, total soil dna was extrac ... | 1994 | 8017909 |
| outbreak of pseudomonas paucimobilis in an intensive care facility. | during a two-month period, six patients in an intensive care unit (icu) were colonized or infected with pseudomonas paucimobilis, a newly described bacterial species. to our knowledge, the epidemic organism has not been found previously in these units. the bacterium was usually recovered from the sputum of persons receiving ventilatory assistance and represented transient colonization. one patient had a symptomatic urinary tract infection. the outbreak was confined to two of the icus. cultures o ... | 1981 | 7253184 |