Bacterium
mobiluncus curtisii
Definitions related to mobiluncus curtisii:
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A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is motile by one to six flagella that originate from the same spot on each cell and is oxidase, indole and catalase negative. M. curtisii is found in the vaginal tract and is pathogenic, being a causative agent of bacterial vaginosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mobiluncus curtisii.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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