Bacteriological and biochemical relationships in the <i>pyocyaneus-fluorescens</i> group

Abstract

IN a previous paper [Turfitt, 1936] an attempt was made to justify the classification of the pyocyaneus-fluorescens group of bacteria on the basis of their distinctive property of producing a diffusible, green fluorescent pigment in the culture medium. It was shown that this chromogenic character was remarkably constant on certain specified media, and further, that the fluorescent organisms were very closely related both morphologically and culturally.