Bacterium
actinobacillus equuli
Subclass of:
Actinobacillus
Definitions related to actinobacillus equuli:
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A genus of gram-negative bacteria in the genus ACTINOBACILLUS, which is pathogenic for HORSES and PIGS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is nonmotile, oxidase and urease positive, weakly catalase positive, does not hydrolyze esculin and produces acid from glucose, lactose and xylose. A. equuli is a commensal organism of the horse upper respiratory tract but may cause disease in foals and zoonotic infections in humans.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus equuli.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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