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Comamonas terrigena
Definition 1
A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod and cocci shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by polar, lophotrichous flagella, catalase-peroxidase, catalase and oxidase positive, degrades phenol and reduces nitrate. C. terrigena is found in soil and rarely found to be pathogenic in humans. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Comamonas terrigena. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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