Bacterium
campylobacter gracilis
cam·py·lo·bac·ter grac·i·lis
Definitions related to campylobacter gracilis:
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A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, straight bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase negative, oxidase negative urease negative, indole negative, reduces nitrate and nitrite, but does not hydrolyze casein, starch or esculin. C. gracilis, known formerly as Bacteroides gracilis, is mostly found in deep tissue infections.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter gracilis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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