Preferred Label : Small-Colony Variant Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
NCIt related terms : Pseudomonas aeruginosa SCV; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, SMALL-COLONY VARIANT;
NCIt definition : A phenotypic variant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that forms smaller-than-average colonies
when cultured; these variants show an increased ability to form a biofilm, and are
frequently resistant to multiple antibiotics.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa
and the small-colony variant strain.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL526566;
Origin ID : C139105;
UMLS CUI : C4522272;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
