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PERITRICHOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

Domain category:

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

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This species is motile by up to four peritrichous flagella, catalase positive, hemolytic, produces acid from glucose, trehalose, levulose and salacin, indole negative and does not reduce nitrate.

(Listeria monocytogenes, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, oxidase, urease and indole negative, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, does not degrade pectate and produces acid from sorbitol.

(Enterobacter cloacae, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile using 5 to 8 peritrichous flagella, oxidase, urease, and indole negative, does not reduce nitrate, and does not hydrolyze esculin or gelatin.

(Bordetella avium, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase and indole positive, oxidase negative, positive for lysine decarboxylase, and can grow on cefsulodin irgasan novobiocin agar in culture.

(Kluyvera ascorbata, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, ferments lactose, indole negative, lysine decarboxylase negative and does not produce acid from sorbitol.

(Enterobacter amnigenus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of Gram-negative, motile, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria with peritrichous flagella in the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Enterobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, oxidase negative, produces acid from fermentation, utilizes citrate as a carbon source, indole positive and negative for H2S production.

(Citrobacter amalonaticus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile using a peritrichous flagella, non-spore forming, oxidase negative, catalase positive, ferments sugar, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Buttiauxella agrestis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, non-encapsulated, oxidase and indole negative, catalase positive, reduces nitrates, hydrolyzes urea, but not esculin and is motile using a peritrichous flagella however, some strains can be nonmotile.

(Budvicia aquatica, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, citrate, indole and adonitol positive, hydrogen sulfide negative in Kliger's agar, phenylalanine negative and does not grow in KCN medium.

(Citrobacter farmeri, NCI Thesaurus)