Bacterium
proteus penneri
Subclass of:
Proteus
Definitions related to proteus penneri:
  • A genus of gram-negative bacteria isolated from individuals in LONG-TERM CARE facilities and HOSPITALS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, methyl red and urease positive, indole, Voges-Proskauer test, and citrate negative and does not hydrolyze esculin. P. penneri is part of the normal human and animal intestinal flora and is widespread in the environment, but can also be an opportunistic pathogen in humans causing nosocomial, urinary tract, and other wound infections.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Proteus penneri.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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