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The short answer is no. Bacteria like pseudomonas don't really have geographical ranges because they are not just human pathogens- they are prolific in temperat
by tstactplsignore 10y ago
The short answer is no. Bacteria like pseudomonas don't really have geographical ranges because they are not just human pathogens- they are prolific in temperate soils throughout the world. The same species can be found throughout the world and spread from place to place with great ease, and there will be hundreds of pseudomonas phages capable of infecting any given strain. I am fairly confident that you could isolate an infectious phage for this pseudomonas strain from many temperate soils or mucky ponds anywhere in the world. This is not universally true for all bacteria, but is mostly true for bacteria like pseudomonas.