Bacterium
abiotrophia defectiva
Definitions related to abiotrophia defectiva:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, nonsporulating, catalase and oxidase negative and produces lactic acid from glucose fermentation. A. defectiva is normally a commensal organism in the oral, genitourinary, and intestinal floras but may become pathogenic in response to underlying disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Abiotrophia defectiva.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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