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Definition of Pyocyanin

Pyocyanin
Pyocyanin Py`o*cy"a*nin, n. [Gr. ? pus + ? dark blue.] (Physiol. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus).

Meaning of Pyocyanin from wikipedia

- Pyocyanin (PCN−) is one of the many toxic compounds produced and secreted by the Gram negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pyocyanin is a blue secondary...
- pigment is a combination of two secondary metabolites of P. aeruginosa, pyocyanin (blue) and pyoverdine (green), which impart the blue-green characteristic...
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The greenish color is a result of the bacterial pigment pyocyanin that it produces. Amoebic abscesses of the liver produce brownish pus...
- Cetrimide also enhances the production of Pseudomonas pigments such as pyocyanin and pyoverdine, which show a characteristic blue-green and yellow-green...
- needed] The nail turns green due to the bacteria secreting pigments such as pyocyanin and pyoverdin. Green nail syndrome occurs rarely in healthy individuals...
- wall are endotoxins. Examples of bacterial secondary metabolites are: Pyocyanin, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Other phe****nes from Pseudomonas ssp. and...
- called Bacillus pyocyaneus (now called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, it produces pyocyanin, a characteristic green-blue phe****ne pigment). They then mixed the isolate...
- 1889 he emplo**** the term "antibiotic" when describing the substance pyocyanin. In 1901 he transferred the yeast-like fungus that was named Saccharomyces...
- Pseudomonas species may also produce additional types of siderop****, such as pyocyanin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and thioquinolobactin by Pseudomonas fluorescens...
- production of pigments. Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces the pigments pyocyanin and pyoverdin, which give the colonies a greenish sheen.: 473 : 154  Some...