Bacterium
serratia liquefaciens
Subclass of:
Serratia
Definitions related to serratia liquefaciens:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, decarboxylase, citrase and esterase positive, can produce gas from glucose, and can support growth on and produce acid from arabinose, melibiose, sorbitol, and xylose. S. liquefaciens is found in water, soil and the digestive tracts of animals and has been a nosocomial pathogen for patients that received contaminated synthetic erythropoietin.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus SERRATIA found in plants and the DIGESTIVE TRACT of rodents. It is the most prevalent Serratia species in the natural environment.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Serratia liquefaciens.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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