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Fluorescence? & Ps. aeruginosa - (Aug/18/2011 )

Pseudomonas aeruginosa will fluoresce under uv radiation(365nm). Can this be used to positively identify Ps. aeruginosa?

Also, are there other bacteria that fluoresce under uv radiation?

Thanks,
Nigel

-ognog-

Looks suspiciously like homework to me... so what do you think causes the Pseudomonas to fluoresce? Is this unique to that species?

-bob1-