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Morganella
Medical Definition: | A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, straight rods which are motile by peritrichous flagella. These organisms are chemoorganotrophic and have both a respiratory and fermentative type of metabolism. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed) |
Guide Notes: | infection: coord IM with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM) |
Previously Indexed: | Enterobacteriaceae (1974-1999) |
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Morganella morganii - A species of MORGANELLA formerly classified as a Proteus species. It is found in the feces of humans, dogs, other mammals, and reptiles. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed) |
Morganella Medical Definitions and Terms
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