Bacterium
campylobacter coli
Subclass of:
Campylobacter
Definitions related to campylobacter coli:
  • A species of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the intestinal tract of swine, poultry, and man. It may be pathogenic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, curved or spiral bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile with a single flagellum at each pole, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, and does not hydrolyze hippurate. C. coli is commensal in pigs, associated with indigenously acquired food borne disease, and recognized as the second most common pathogen for human campylobacteriosis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter coli.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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