Bacterium
streptobacillus
[ strep-toh-buh-sil-uhs ]
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods; Phylum Fusobacteria
Definitions related to streptobacillus:
  • A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Fusobacteria and the family Fusobacteriaceae.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that require SERUM; ASCITIC FLUID; or BLOOD for growth. Its organisms inhabit the THROAT; and NASOPHARYNX of wild and laboratory rats and cause one form of RAT-BITE FEVER in man.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Streptobacillus genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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