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bacteria species

DEFINITIONS OF: bacteria species

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n a species of bacteria

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H. pylori, Heliobacter pylori
the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)
Pseudomonas pyocanea
a species of aerobic bacteria
Aerobacter aerogenes
a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale
Francisella tularensis
the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
Serratia marcescens
the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon
Streptococcus anhemolyticus
a species of bacteria
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species
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
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