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Descriptor English: Chromobacterium
Descriptor Spanish: Chromobacterium
Descriptor Chromobacterium
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas facultativamente anaerobias de forma bacilar que se encuentran en el suelo y en el agua. Sus organismos no suelen ser patógenos, pero algunas especies sí producen infecciones en mamíferos, incluidos los humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Chromobacterium
Descriptor French: Chromobacterium
Tree number(s): B03.440.450.360
B03.660.075.525.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002861
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria occurring in soil and water. Its organisms are generally nonpathogenic, but some species do cause infections of mammals, including humans.
Annotation: in soil & water
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 2910
Unique ID: D002861
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Chromobacterium - Preferred
Concept UI M0004391
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria occurring in soil and water. Its organisms are generally nonpathogenic, but some species do cause infections of mammals, including humans.
Preferred term Chromobacterium



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