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Chromobacterium

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Chromobacterium /Chro·mo·bac·te·ri·um/ (kro″mo-bak-tēr´e-um) a genus of schizomycetes (family Rhizobiaceae) that characteristically produce a violet pigment.
Chromobacterium [kro″mo-bak-tēr´e-um]
a genus of gram-negative, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, usually nonpathogenic rod-shaped bacteria; C. viola´ceum may cause abscesses, diarrhea, and urinary tract and systemic infections.
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The most potent prevented laboratory worms from being killed by a bug called Chromobacterium violaceum, which often infects people through lacerated skin.
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Chromobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella, Neisseria, Simonsiella, and Vitreoscilla species comprise a major branch of the beta group Proteobacteria by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence comparison: transfer of Eikenella and Simonsiella to the family Neisseriaceae (emend.
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Chromobacterium violaceum, a saprophyte bacterium found commonly in soil and water in tropical and subtropical climates, is a rare cause of severe, often fatal, human disease.
Chromobacterium violaceum in siblings, Brazil by Silvany, Celia / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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