Bacterium
atopobium parvulum
Definitions related to atopobium parvulum:
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A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria. This bacteria is non-motile, tyrosine arylamidase positive and arginine dihydrolase negative. A. parvulum is a commensal organism of the oral cavity and associated with periodontal health.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Atopobium parvulum.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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