Preferred Label : Eubacterium contortum;
NCIt synonyms : Catenabacterium contortum;
NCIt definition : A genus of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole negative, reduces neutral red,
but not nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin, but not
starch or hippurate. E. contortum has been isolated from human feces, vaginal swabs,
and other sites of infection and nearly half of individuals with Crohn's disease have
agglutinating antibodies to various strains.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Eubacterium contortum.;
Taxon ID : 39482;
Origin ID : C86385;
UMLS CUI : C0317490;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
