Flavobacterium /Fla·vo·bac·te·ri·um/ (fla″vo-bak-tēr´e-um) a genus of schizomycetes (family Achromobacteriaceae), characteristically producing yellow, orange, red, or yellow-brown pigmentation, found in soil and water; some species are said to be pathogenic.
Flavobacterium [fla″vo-bak-tēr´e-um]
flasking,
Fla·vo·bac·te·ri·um (fl  v -b k-tîr  - m)n. A genus of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria occurring in soil and water and characteristically producing yellow, orange, red, or yellow-brown pigments. |
Flavobacterium [fla″vo-bak-tēr´e-um]
a genus of gram-negative, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, characteristically producing a yellow pigment. Organisms occur widely in soil and water and are opportunistic pathogens in humans. F. meningosep´ticum causes a highly fatal meningitis with septicemia in premature and newborn infants and a milder bacteremia in adults; F. odora´tum occurs in wound infections and urinary tract infections.
flasking,
n the act of investing a pattern in a flask. The process of investing the cast and a wax denture in a flask preparatory to molding the denture base material into the form of the denture.
Flavobacterium
n a genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, nonsporeforming, motile, and nonmotile bacteria. These organisms characteristically produce yellow, orange, red, or yellow-brown pigments. They are found in soil and fresh and salt water; some species are pathogenic.
Flavobacterium
a genus of glucose-non-fermenting gram-negative bacteria characteristically producing yellow, orange, red or yellow-brown pigmentation, found in soil and water; some species are said to be pathogenic.
Flavobacterium branchiophilia
cause of chronic proliferative inflammation in the gills of salmonid fish. Called also bacterial gill disease.
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