Bacterium
clostridium sordellii
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium sordellii:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is variably motile by peritrichous flagella, endosporeforming, catalase and lipase negative and nearly all strains do not ferment maltose. C. sordelli is a rare human pathogen, causing toxic shock syndrome most often associated with gynecological infections in females.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae, found in INTESTINES and SOIL.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium sordellii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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