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Descriptor English: Kingella kingae
Descriptor Spanish: Kingella kingae
Descriptor Kingella kingae
Entry term(s) Moraxella kingae
Scope note: Especie de bacterias gramnegativas, aerobias, de forma bacilar, que se distinguen de otros miembros del género KINGELLA porque son beta hemolíticas. Se encuentran normalmente en las membranas mucosas de las vías respiratorias superiores del hombre, pero pueden producir artritis y endocarditis séptica (Bergey, Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Kingella kingae
Descriptor French: Kingella kingae
Entry term(s): Kingella kingii
Moraxella kingae
Moraxella kingii
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.550.400.375
B03.660.075.525.410.410
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017882
Scope note: A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria which is distinguished from other members of the genus KINGELLA by its beta hemolysis. It occurs normally in human mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, but can cause septic arthritis and endocarditis. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
Annotation: formerly called Moraxella kingae; infection: coord IM with NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)
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
Previous Indexing: Moraxella (1969-1988)
Neisseriaceae (1983-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31372
Unique ID: D017882
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Kingella kingae - Preferred
Concept UI M0027014
Scope note A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria which is distinguished from other members of the genus KINGELLA by its beta hemolysis. It occurs normally in human mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, but can cause septic arthritis and endocarditis. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
Preferred term Kingella kingae
Entry term(s) Kingella kingii
Moraxella kingae
Moraxella kingii



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