loading...| Preferred Name |
Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| Definitions |
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for beta hemolysis, CAMP test, Lancefield group B and arginine deamination and negative for esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and catalase. It can ferment trehalose and ribose but not mannitol or sorbitol. S. agalactiae is a commensal organism of the human gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and is a pathogen is humans causing opportunistic infections and neonatal sepsis. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C86780 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A type of bacterium often found in the vagina. It can cause systemic infections in people with suppressed immune systems. Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus agalactiae. |
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| code |
C86780 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
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| definition |
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for beta hemolysis, CAMP test, Lancefield group B and arginine deamination and negative for esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and catalase. It can ferment trehalose and ribose but not mannitol or sorbitol. S. agalactiae is a commensal organism of the human gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and is a pathogen is humans causing opportunistic infections and neonatal sepsis. |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C85491 |
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| label |
Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| NCBI_Taxon_ID |
1311 |
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| Preferred_Name |
Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| prefixIRI |
NCIT:C86780 |
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| prefLabel |
Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| Semantic_Type |
Bacterium |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0579233 |
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