Bacterium
bartonellaceae
Subclass of:
Gram Negative Bacteria; Alphaproteobacteria
Definitions related to bartonellaceae:
  • A family of small gram-negative bacteria whose organisms are parasites of erythrocytes in man and other vertebrates and the etiologic agents of several diseases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of pathogenic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genus Bartonella.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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