Importantly for classification, it grows best on heart infusion agar supplemented with 5% horse blood.

[2] Pseudomonas luteola can absorb certain heavy metals such as Cr(VI) and Al(III).

[4] This same strain is also known to produce an exopolysaccharide (EPS) utilized in the adsorption of nickel and copper.

[5] In order to adsorb Ni and Cu at significant levels, the strain must be immobilized in a calcium alginate beads.

[2] It is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause bacteremia, meningitis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, peritonitis in humans and animals.