Bacterium
flavobacterium
Subclass of:
Flavobacteriaceae
Definitions related to flavobacterium genus:
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(flavobacterium) Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Flavobacterium genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(flavobacterium) A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in SOIL and WATER. Its organisms are also found in raw meats, MILK and other FOOD, hospital environments, and human clinical specimens. Some species are pathogenic in humans.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(flavobacterium) A species of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes that are motile by gliding.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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