NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile using a peritrichous flagella, non-spore forming,
oxidase negative, catalase positive, ferments sugar, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes
esculin. B. agrestis is commensal in the throat and pathogenic in immunocompromised
individuals with wound infections or appendicitis.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Buttiauxella agrestis.;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping