National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Gardnerella vaginalis
Synonyms

GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS

Gardnerella vaginalis

Corynebacterium vaginalis

Definitions

A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species has a very thin cell wall that may appear Gram negative under the microscope. G. vaginalis may be found in the genital tract or pharynx of humans and is a causative agent of bacterial vaginosis.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C86410

ALT_DEFINITION

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Gardnerella vaginalis.

code

C86410

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species has a very thin cell wall that may appear Gram negative under the microscope. G. vaginalis may be found in the genital tract or pharynx of humans and is a causative agent of bacterial vaginosis.

FULL_SYN

GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS

Gardnerella vaginalis

Corynebacterium vaginalis

label

Gardnerella vaginalis

NCBI_Taxon_ID

2702

Preferred_Name

Gardnerella vaginalis

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C86410

Semantic_Type

Bacterium

UMLS_CUI

C0017098

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C86409

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