Bacterium
corynebacterium pyogenes
Subclass of:
Corynebacterium
Definitions related to corynebacterium pyogenes:
  • (trueperella pyogenes) Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Trueperella pyogenes.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A species of CORYNEBACTERIUM isolated from abscesses of warm-blooded animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (arcanobacterium pyogenes) A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This bacteria is catalase and oxidase negative, ferments lactose, produces the exotoxin Pyolysin O and neuraminidases and is hemolytic. A. pyogenes is a commensal organism of the mucous membranes of domestic animals and may become pathogenic in cases of trauma and immunosuppression.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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