Bacterium
salmonella Audio
sal·mo·nel·la [ sal-muh-nel-uh ]
Subclass of:
Enterobacteriaceae
Definitions related to salmonella:
  • A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that utilizes citrate as a sole carbon source. It is pathogenic for humans, causing enteric fevers, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia. Food poisoning is the most common clinical manifestation. Organisms within this genus are separated on the basis of antigenic characteristics, sugar fermentation patterns, and bacteriophage susceptibility.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of motile, rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Salmonella genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria that utilizes citrate as a sole carbon source; it is pathogenic for humans, causing enteric fevers, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia; food poisoning is the most common clinical manifestation; organisms within this genus are separated on the basis of antigenic characteristics, sugar fermentation patterns, and bacteriophage susceptibility.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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