Bacterium
acidaminococcus
Subclass of:
Firmicutes
Definitions related to acidaminococcus:
  • A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, coccobacilli shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Veillonellaceae. Species in this genus use amino acids as their primary energy source.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of gram-negative bacteria in the family ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE, isolated from the INTESTINES of PIGS and humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Acidaminococcus genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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