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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Veillonellaceae > Selenomonas
Bacteria > Firmicutes > Veillonellaceae > Selenomonas

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Selenomonas  

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Entry terms

  • Selenomonas ruminantium

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • Curved bacteria, usually crescent-shaped rods, with ends often tapered, occurring singly, in pairs, or short chains. They are non-encapsulated, non-sporing, motile, and ferment glucose. Selenomonas are found mainly in the human buccal cavity, the rumen of herbivores, and the cecum of pigs and several rodents. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020357

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