Bacterium
gordonia terrae
Definitions related to gordonia terrae:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram positive, coryneform bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is catalase positive, oxidase negative, nonmotile and slightly acid fast. G. terrae is normally found in the soil and infection in humans is rare, occurring mostly in immunosuppressed and immunocompromised patients.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Gordonia terrae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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