Preferred Label : Photobacterium damselae;
NCIt synonyms : CDC Group EF-5;
NCIt related terms : Vibrio damsela; Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile using one or more unsheathed polar flagella,
urease, arginine dihydrolase, and lipase positive, gelatinase negative, not bioluminescent,
does not require NaCl for growth, and utilizes pyruvate, lactate, glutamate, mannose,
galactose, cellobiose and glycerate as its sole source of carbon and energy in 0.05%
yeast extract. P. damselae is an opportunistic pathogen that has been isolated from
infectious sites in damselfishes, sharks, dolphins, and humans.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Photobacterium damselae.;
Taxon ID : 38293;
Origin ID : C86647;
UMLS CUI : C0318284;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- concept_is_in_subset
