Preferred Label : Peptococcus niger;
NCIt related terms : Micrococcus niger;
NCIt definition : A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to
the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, nonhemolytic, produces hydrogen
sulfide and a black pigment that disappears upon exposure to air, indole and esculin
negative, and does not reduce nitrate, ferment carbohydrates, liquefy gelatin or serum,
or utilize lactate, starch or hippurate. P. niger is commensal to the human intestinal
tract and has been isolated from the human naval and urine of adult women.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Peptococcus niger.;
Taxon ID : 2841;
Origin ID : C86643;
UMLS CUI : C0317941;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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