DeCS

Descriptor English:

Photobacterium

Descriptor Spanish:

Photobacterium

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Photobacterium
Scope note:	Género de bacterias gramnegativas, facultativamente anaerobias, con forma bacilar, que son comunes en los ambientes marinos, las superficies y el contenido intestinal de la fauna marina. Algunas especies son bioluminiscentes y se encuentran, en simbiosis, en órganos luminosos especializados de peces.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Photobacterium

Descriptor French:

Photobacterium

Tree number(s):

B03.440.450.900.604
B03.660.250.830.590

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010776

Scope note:

A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that are common in the marine environment and on the surfaces and in the intestinal contents of marine animals. Some species are bioluminescent and are found as symbionts in specialized luminous organs of fish.

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

10973

Unique ID:

D010776

NLM Classification:

QW 141

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01