Bacterium
pasteurella multocida
Subclass of:
Pasteurella
Definitions related to pasteurella multocida:
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A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria normally found in the flora of the mouth and respiratory tract of animals and birds. It causes shipping fever; HEMORRHAGIC BACTEREMIA; and intestinal disease in animals. In humans, disease usually arises from a wound infection following a bite or scratch from domesticated animals.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of Gram-negative, non-motile coccobacillus in the phylum Actinobacteria.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Pasteurella multocida.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Species of gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria normally found in the flora of the mouth and respiratory tract of animals and birds; causes shipping fever and intestinal disease in animals; in humans, disease usually arises from a wound infection following a bite or scratch from domesticated animals.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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