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actinobacillus
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enterobacteriaceae
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streptobacillus
vibrionaceae
eikenella
Bacterium
pasteurellaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods; Gammaproteobacteria
Definitions related to pasteurellaceae:
  • A family of coccoid to rod-shaped nonsporeforming, gram-negative, nonmotile, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that includes the genera ACTINOBACILLUS; HAEMOPHILUS; MANNHEIMIA; and PASTEURELLA.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Actinobacillus, Haemophilus, Mannheimia and Pasteurella, among others.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Gram negative coccoid or rigid rod-shaped bacteria which are facultatively anaerobic and nonmotile.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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