Bacterium
porphyromonas somerae
Definitions related to porphyromonas somerae:
  • A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase positive, indole, catalase, lipase, alpha-fucosidase, and trypsin negative, pigmented, weakly saccharolytic, and does not reduce nitrate or hydrolyze starch or esculin. P. somerae is associated with chronic foot infections in individuals with diabetes or vascular disease.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Porphyromonas somerae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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