Bacterium
edwardsiella tarda
Subclass of:
Edwardsiella
Definitions related to edwardsiella tarda:
  • A species of EDWARDSIELLA distinguished by its hydrogen sulfide production. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole positive and hemolytic in culture. E. tarda is found in the intestinal tracts of snakes and seals and is a causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Edwardsiella tarda.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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