National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Mycobacterium szulgai

Synonyms

Mycobacterium szulgai

MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI

Definitions

A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is urease, nitrate reduction, Tween 80 hydrolysis, and arylsulfatase positive, acid-fast, does not produce acid from glucose, mannitol or sorbitol, but it does produce a distinctive lipid on chromatography appearing dense and brown. M. szulgai is found in the environment, primarily in water, and it rarely causes infection, but may cause pulmonary disease in patients with a history of alcoholism, cigarette smoking, obstructive pulmonary disease, or immunocompromised patients.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C86591

ALT_DEFINITION

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium szulgai.

code

C86591

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 aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is urease, nitrate reduction, Tween 80 hydrolysis, and arylsulfatase positive, acid-fast, does not produce acid from glucose, mannitol or sorbitol, but it does produce a distinctive lipid on chromatography appearing dense and brown. M. szulgai is found in the environment, primarily in water, and it rarely causes infection, but may cause pulmonary disease in patients with a history of alcoholism, cigarette smoking, obstructive pulmonary disease, or immunocompromised patients.

FULL_SYN

Mycobacterium szulgai

MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI

label

Mycobacterium szulgai

NCBI_Taxon_ID

1787

Preferred_Name

Mycobacterium szulgai

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C86591

Semantic_Type

Bacterium

UMLS_CUI

C0317766

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C76369

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