Preferred Label : Streptococcus gordonii;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for alpha hemolysis, beta glucosidase,
beta glucuronidase, esculin hydrolysis and arginine deaminase, and negative for catalase
and urease. It can ferment amygdalin, inulin, galactose, salicin, cellobiose, maltose,
lactose, sucrose, and trehalose but not mannitol, sorbitol, melibiose or raffinose.
S. gordonii is found in normal human oral flora but can be a pathogen causing dental
caries, gum disease and endocarditis after oral trauma.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus gordonii.;
Taxon ID : 1302;
Origin ID : C86792;
UMLS CUI : C0348055;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
