Bacterium
aggregatibacter segnis
Subclass of:
Aggregatibacter
Definitions related to aggregatibacter segnis:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is catalase positive, oxidase negative, requires V factor but not X factor to grow and xylose is not fermented. A. segnis is a commensal organism of the oral flora and is rarely pathogenic.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic pleomorphic rod-shaped often filamentous bacteria in the genus of AGGREGATIBACTER found in the oral cavity. It is associated with DENTAL PLAQUE; and BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Aggregatibacter segnis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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