Actinobacillus
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Actinobacillus
[ak″tĭ-no-bah-sil´us]a genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, coccoid or rod-shaped bacteria that are part of the normal microflora of mammals. The organisms are capable of infecting cattle and other domestic animals and, rarely, are associated with human infection; A. ligniere´sii is the causative agent of actinobacillosis.
Actinobacillus
(ak'tin-ō-bă-sil'lŭs),A genus of small, nonmotile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-negative rods interspersed with coccal elements. The metabolism of these bacteria is fermentative. They are pathogenic to animals. The type species is Actinobacillus lignieresii.
[actino- + L. bacillus, a little rod]
Ac·ti·no·ba·cil·lus
(ak'tin-ō-bă-sil'ŭs)A genus of nonmotile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing gram-negative rods interspersed with coccal elements. The metabolism of these bacteria is fermentative. They are pathogenic to animals. The type species is A. lignieresii.
[actino- + L. bacillus, a little rod]
Ac·ti·no·ba·cil·lus
(ak'tin-ō-bă-sil'ŭs)A genus of nonmotile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-negative rods interspersed with coccal elements. They are pathogenic to animals. The type species is A. lignieresii.
[actino- + L. bacillus, a little rod]