Bacterium
desulfovibrio piger
Definitions related to desulfovibrio piger:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-hemolytic and cannot reduce sulfate in the presence of acetate alone. D. piger has mostly been isolated from human clinical specimens and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Desulfovibrio piger.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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