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The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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A genus of free-living ameba (family Acanthamoebidae, order Amoebida) found in and characterized by the presence of acanthopodia. Human infection includes invasion of skin or colonization following ...

Haemobartonella

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A genus of gram-negative bacteria, possibly identical to Mycoplasma. Some species infect carnivores and rodents. Infection may be subclinical or may result in immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. ...

Basidiobolus

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A genus of fungi belonging to the class Zygomycetes. Basidiobolus haptosporus has been isolated from cases of zygomycosis (entomophthoramycosis basidiobolae) in humans, especially in Indonesia, ...

Helicobacter

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A genus of helical, curved, or straight microaerophilic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple sheathed flagella (unipolar or bipolar and lateral) with terminal bulbs; form nonpigmented, translucent ...

Lactobacillus

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A genus of microaerophilic or anaerobic, non-spore-forming, ordinarily nonmotile bacteria (family Lactobacillaceae) containing gram-positive curved or straight rods that vary from long and slender ...

Citrobacter

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A genus of motile bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae) containing gram-negative rods that use citrate as a source of carbon; the motile cells are peritrichous. Fermentation of lactose by these ...

Amoeba

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A genus of naked, lobose, pseudopod-forming protozoa of the class Sarcodina (or Rhizopoda), which are abundant soil-dwellers, especially in rich organic debris, and are also commonly found as ...