Bacterium
campylobacter Audio
cam·py·lo·bac·ter
Subclass of:
Gram Negative Bacteria; Campylobacteraceae
Definitions related to campylobacter:
  • A genus of bacteria found in the reproductive organs, intestinal tract, and oral cavity of animals and man. Some species are pathogenic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of gram-negative, microaerophilic, spiral bacteria. They are motile, with either uni- or bi-polar flagella and are oxidase-positive. Several species of Campylobacter have been implicated in human disease.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Campylobacter genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Epsilon proteobacteria; found in the reproductive organs, intestinal tract, and oral cavity; for Campylobacter pylori use HELICOBACTER.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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