Preferred Name

Campylobacter fetus
Synonyms
Definitions

A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, curved or spiral bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using a single polar flagellum, oxidase positive, catalase positive, indole negative, reduces nitrates, and does not produce hydrogen sulfide. C. fetus is an opportunistic microbe that causes bacteremia, thrombophlebitis, septicemia, and is a suspected pathogen in immunocompromised patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. In sheep and cattle this bacterium is known to cause abortions, infertility, enteritis and bovine genital campylobacteriosis.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C86233

ALT_DEFINITION

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter fetus.

code

C86233

Contributing_Source

CDISC

definition

A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, curved or spiral bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using a single polar flagellum, oxidase positive, catalase positive, indole negative, reduces nitrates, and does not produce hydrogen sulfide. C. fetus is an opportunistic microbe that causes bacteremia, thrombophlebitis, septicemia, and is a suspected pathogen in immunocompromised patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. In sheep and cattle this bacterium is known to cause abortions, infertility, enteritis and bovine genital campylobacteriosis.

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C85491

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C61410

label

Campylobacter fetus

NCBI_Taxon_ID

196

Preferred_Name

Campylobacter fetus

prefixIRI

NCIT:C86233

prefLabel

Campylobacter fetus

Semantic_Type

Bacterium

UMLS_CUI

C0006814

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C76211

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