Bacterium
gordonia bronchialis
Definitions related to gordonia bronchialis:
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, coryneform bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is catalase positive, slightly acid fast, nonmotile and contains lipoparabinomannan like lipoglycans in the cell wall. G. bronchialis is an opportunistic pathogen, causing infection at medical device implantation sites and wound sites in surgical patients.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Gordonia bronchialis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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