Alcaligenes
(microbiology) A genus of gram-negative, aerobic rods and cocci of uncertain affiliation; cells are motile, and species are commonly found in the intestinal tract of vertebrates.
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(microbiology) A genus of gram-negative, aerobic rods and cocci of uncertain affiliation; cells are motile, and species are commonly found in the intestinal tract of vertebrates.
(literally, “alkali-generating”) aerobic, gram-negative eubacteria, commonly found in invertebrate intestinal tracts and normally occurring on the skin.
A genus of saprophytic obligately aerobic bacilli occasionally found in the intestines of vertebrates or in dairy products and sometimes in nosocomial infections. A. fecalis is now called Bordetella avium.
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A. aquatilis |
Alcaligenes is a genus of
Alcaligenes species have been used for the industrial production of non-standard amino
acids; A. eutrophus also produces the biopolymer
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