Preferred Label : Corynebacterium macginleyi;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, coryneform, pleomorphic
bacilli assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-spore
forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, urease negative, pyrazinamidase negative,
lipophilic, does not hydrolyze esculin, ferments glucose and sucrose, and reduces
nitrate. C. macginleyi is commensal to the ocular conjunctiva, but is also an opportunistic
pathogen that causes conjunctivitis, corneal ulcerations, keratitis, endophthalmitis,
septicemia and catheter related infections.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Corynebacterium
macginleyi.;
Taxon ID : 38290;
Origin ID : C86315;
UMLS CUI : C1007419;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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