Plesiomonas

Plesiomonas

Engelsk definition

A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in fish and other aquatic animals and in a variety of mammals, including man. Its organisms probably do not belong to the normal intestinal flora of man and can cause diarrhea.

Svenska synonymer

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Engelska synonymer

Plesiomonas shigelloides