Bacterium
clostridium symbiosum
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium symbiosum:
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A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is sporeforming, motile by flagella, indole negative, nonhemolytic, does not hydrolyze esculin and produces acid from glucose, mannose, fructose and galactose. C. symbiosum is an emerging pathogen but rarely isolated from clinical specimens.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. Its GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE is commonly used in research.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium symbiosum.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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