Preferred Label : Peptostreptococcus anaerobius;
NCIt definition : A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-positive, coccobacillus shaped bacteria assigned
to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive,
indole, coagulase, and urease negative, produces gas from peptone-yeast-glucose medium,
is moderately saccharolytic, but does not reduce nitrate, hydrolyze starch or esculin,
produce propionate from lactate, or liquefy gelatin. P. anaerobius is commensal to
human mucocutaneous surfaces, but can become pathogenic in other locations.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Peptostreptococcus
anaerobius.;
Taxon ID : 1261;
Origin ID : C86645;
UMLS CUI : C1622989;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
