A family of gram-negative coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria in the order Rhizobiales. They are obligate parasites chiefly of warm-blooded VERTEBRATES. Many are pathogenic.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D042021
AN
infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)
AQL
CH CL CY DE EN GD GE IM IP ME PH PY RE UL VI
cui
C0006308
DC
1
definition
A family of gram-negative coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria in the order Rhizobiales. They are obligate parasites chiefly of warm-blooded VERTEBRATES. Many are pathogenic.