Like Burkholderia cepacia, Haemophilus influenziae, and MRSA, it commonly causes infections in immunocompromised hospital patients with cystic fibrosis.
In this organism, synthesis of exopolysaccharides are regulated by the Pel and Psl operons. This organism is the most common cause of ecthyma gangrenosum. One protein produced by this organism suppresses the respiratory burst while generating its own superoxide radicals, thus engaging in "redox warfare." This organism produces pyocyanin as well as an exotoxin which, like the diphtheria toxin, ADP-ribosylates elongation factor 2 to inhibit translation. This organism can cause a relatively benign disease called "hot tub folliculitis." Like Burkholderia cepacia, Haemophilus influenziae, and MRSA, it commonly causes infections in immunocompromised hospital patients with cystic fibrosis. For 10 points, name this common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, a gram-negative multi-drug resistant bacterium whose species name is aeruginosa.
In this organism, synthesis of exopolysaccharides are regulated by the Pel and Psl operons.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa [or P. aeruginosa before the last word]