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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Pasteurellaceae > Aggregatibacter > Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Pasteurellaceae > Aggregatibacter > Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Preferred term

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
  • Bacterium acetinomycetum comitans
  • Bacterium comitans
  • Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans
  • Haemophilus actinomyceticomitans

Note

  • infection: coordinate with PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A species of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic spherical or rod-shaped bacteria indigenous to dental surfaces. It is associated with PERIODONTITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; and ACTINOMYCOSIS.

History note

  • 2014(1992)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016976

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