Bacterium
actinobacillus suis
Subclass of:
Actinobacillus
Definitions related to actinobacillus suis:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram negative rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is nonmotile, catalase positive, nonencapsulated, and is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dependent. A. suis is a commensal organism of the oral cavity and reproductive tract of pigs but may cause abortion, hemorrhage and embolic lesions in immunocompromised pigs.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus ACTINOBACILLUS. It is mainly a pathogen of PIGS, but also can infect HORSES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus suis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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