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Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes 70% of all cases of swimmer's ear.

5-10% of healthy individuals have Pseudomonas aeruginosa living inside of them at this very moment!

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is responsible for 10% of hospital sicknesses.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to cause abortions in some animal species.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the fastest swimming species of bacteria known to man.

In Latin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa means 'false unit' and 'copper rust.'

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