n 1  cap  :  a genus (the type of the family Pseudomonadaceae) comprising short rod-shaped motile gram-negative bacteria including some saprophytes, a few animal pathogens, and numerous important plant pathogens  2  pl  pseu*do*mo*na*des   :  PSEUDOMONAD .
 
   
 
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