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Descriptor English: Leuconostoc
Descriptor Spanish: Leuconostoc
Descriptor Leuconostoc
Scope note: Género de bacterias grampositivas, facultativamente anaerobias, cuyo crecimiento es dependiente de la presencia de un carbohidrato fermentable. No es patógeno para plantas y animales, incluyendo al hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leuconostoc
Descriptor French: Leuconostoc
Entry term(s): Leukonostoc
Tree number(s): B03.353.750.475.450
B03.510.550.475.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007934
Scope note: A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria whose growth is dependent on the presence of a fermentable carbohydrate. It is nonpathogenic to plants and animals, including humans.
Annotation: in plant & dairy products
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: 8067
Unique ID: D007934
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/04/15
Leuconostoc - Preferred
Concept UI M0012377
Scope note A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria whose growth is dependent on the presence of a fermentable carbohydrate. It is nonpathogenic to plants and animals, including humans.
Preferred term Leuconostoc
Entry term(s) Leukonostoc



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