Bacterium
moraxella lacunata
Definitions related to moraxella lacunata:
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A species of aerobic, Gram negative, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is oxidase positive, nonmotile, sensitive to penicillin, and requires serum for growth. M. lacunata is a commensal organism of the human upper respiratory tract and most commonly associated with eye infections, but has been reported to cause rare invasive infections in humans, including endocarditis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, meningitis, bacteremia and purulent pericarditis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Moraxella lacunata.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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