Bacterium
actinomyces europaeus
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A species of facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive, fermentative, catalase-negative, nonmotile, non-spore forming, irregular rod-shaped bacteria arranged in clusters, in the phylum Actinobacteria. This species ferments glucose, maltose, galactose and D-fructose to produce succinic acid, does not hydrolyze urea, and nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. A. europaeus is a human pathogen and may cause infections of the urinary track, of skin and of soft tissue. It has been linked to the development of breast abscesses.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinomyces europaeus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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