E-viri
-
Chikuo, Y.(National Inst. of Floricultural Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)); Tsukiboshi, T; Matsushita, Y; Itoh, Y; Ichimura, K; Yumot, H; Okamoto, K
Bulletin of the National Institute of Floricultural Science (Japan), 20/Dec 8Journal Article
There have been newspaper reports that cut flowers in hospitals are harmful because of opportunistic infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which propagates in vase water. We investigated whether infectious bacteria can propagate in vase water under experimental and hospital conditions. P. aeruginosa was not detected in vase water with cut flowers placed in the waiting room of a particular hospital. The addition of preservatives for cut flowers effectively prevented the propagation of bacteria including P. aeruginosa in vase water.
