Bacterium
helicobacter mustelae
Subclass of:
Helicobacter
Definitions related to helicobacter mustelae:
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A species of HELICOBACTER commonly associated with STOMACH DISEASES in FERRETS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of microaerophilic, Gram negative, helical/vibroid shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by multiple flagella and is considered an animal model of Helicobacter infection in humans. H. mustelae is part of the normal flora of the ferret gastrointestinal tract and causes peptic ulcer disease and chronic atrophic gastritis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Helicobacter mustelae.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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