water bacterium

water bacterium
a gram-negative bacterium capable of rapid growth in all types of water and producing pyrogenic infections, especially in immunocompromised hospital patients, occurring as a contaminant in hemodialysis fluids and in flood waters. The most common water bacteria are species of Achromobacter, Acinetobacter, Aeromonas, Flavobacterium, and Pseudomonas.

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