Bacterium
photorhabdus luminescens
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using peritrichous flagella, non-spore forming, utilizes ribose and tyrosine, bioluminescent, catalase and lecithinase positive, produces a red, pink or yellow pigment, utilizes citrate as its sole carbon and energy source, oxidase and Voges-Proskauer test negative, and does not reduce nitrate. P. luminescens is found in the intestinal lumen of entomogenous nematodes and is pathogenic to insects and humans.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Photorhabdus luminescens.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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