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bordetella

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A genus of gram-negative bacteria which are coccobacilli and obligate aerobes, and fail to ferment carbohydrates. These bacteria are respiratory pathogens. Bordetella pertussis , ...

actinobacillus

Science; General science

A genus of gram-negative, immotile and nonspore-forming, oval to rod-shaped, often pleomorphic bacteria which occur as parasites or pathogens in mammals (including humans), birds, ...

klebsiella

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A genus of gram-negative, nonmotile bacteria whose members ferment lactose, do not decarboxylate ornithine or form hydrogen sulfide, and often produce large mucoid colonies and ...

pasteurella

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A genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, nonsporulating, facultatively anaerobic coccobacillary to rod-shaped bacteria which are parasitic and often pathogens in many species of ...

pseudomonas

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A genus of gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria. Pseudomonas is a heterogeneous taxon; division at the genus level may be revised with some species being ...

haemophilus

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A genus of gram-negative, pleomorphic bacteria that are facultative anaerobes and are nonmotile and non-spore-forming. They have fastidious growth requirements, including either ...

erysipelothrix

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A genus of gram-positive bacteria comprising at least two species, E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum . Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is the more pathogenic and causes ...

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