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Descriptor English: Erysipelothrix
Descriptor Spanish: Erysipelothrix
Descriptor Erysipelothrix
Entry term(s) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Scope note: Género de bacterias de forma bacilar, grampositivas, anaerobias facultativas con tendencia a formar largos filamentos. Sus organismos están ampliamente distribuidos en la naturaleza y se encuentra en MAMÍFEROS, AVES y PECES. Puede presentarse como gramnegativo debido a que se decolora con facilidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Erysipelothrix
Descriptor French: Erysipelothrix
Entry term(s): Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Tree number(s): B03.353.688
B03.510.460.400.410.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004888
Scope note: A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that has a tendency to form long filaments. Its organisms are widely distributed in nature and are found in MAMMALS; BIRDS; and FISHES. Erysipelothrix may appear gram-negative because they decolorize easily.
Annotation: infection = ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS
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: 4974
Unique ID: D004888
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/05/04
Erysipelothrix - Preferred
Concept UI M0007677
Scope note A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that has a tendency to form long filaments. Its organisms are widely distributed in nature and are found in MAMMALS; BIRDS; and FISHES. Erysipelothrix may appear gram-negative because they decolorize easily.
Preferred term Erysipelothrix
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae - Narrower
Concept UI M0460785
Preferred term Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae



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