Volume 9, Number 2, January 2003

Photorhabdus Species: Bioluminescent Bacteria Emerging as Human Pathogens?

John G. Gerrard,* Samantha McNevin,† David Alfredson,* Ross Forgan-Smith,† and Neil Fraser‡
*Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia; †Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End, Queensland, Australia; and ‡Harbour City Family Practice, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Figure 1. Photorhabdus isolate from patient 2, growing on tryptic soy agar containing 5% sheep blood, after 48 hours’ incubation at 35°C. Arrows indicate “swarming.” The colonies could be seen to glow faintly with the naked eye under conditions of total darkness after 10 minutes of adjustment.

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