Streptobacillus /Strep·to·bac·il·lus/ (strep″to-bah-sil´lus) a genus of gram-negative bacteria of uncertain affiliation; organisms are highly pleomorphic. S. monilifor´mis is a cause of rat-bite fever.
streptobacillus /strep·to·bac·il·lus/ (strep″to-bah-sil´us) pl. streptobacil´li an organism of the genus Streptobacillus.
streptobacillus /strep·to·bac·il·lus/ (strep″to-bah-sil´us) pl. streptobacil´li an organism of the genus Streptobacillus.
Strep·to·ba·cil·lus (str p t -b -s l s)n. A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped, often pathogenic bacteria that typically occurs in chains, including a species that causes a type of rat-bite fever. |
Streptobacillus
a genus of gram-negative bacteria which sometimes forms filaments. The only species is S. moniliformis, which is found in the nasopharynx of rats. It is the cause of Haverhill fever, a form of rat-bite fever, in humans and possibly dogs and cats. It may cause acute septicemia or chronic disease characterized by arthritis in mice. Previously called Bacillus actinoides and Streptobacillus actinoides.
streptobacillus
pl. streptobacilli
1. a group of rod-shaped bacteria that remain loosely attached end-to-end in long chains as a result of failure of daughter cells to separate after cell division.
2. an organism of the genus Streptobacillus.
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