Bacterium
tropheryma whipplei
Definitions related to tropheryma whipplei:
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species can form filaments and has a membrane that is external to the cell wall. T. whipplei is found in soil and is a commensal organism of the oral cavity but may become pathogenic, being the causative agent of Whipple's Disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Tropheryma whipplei.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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The sole species of TROPHERYMA causing Whipple Disease.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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