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Dermatophilus congolensis
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is catalase positive, urease negative, slightly beta-hemolytic weekly ferments xylose. D. congolensis is pathogenic, being the causative agent of Dermatophilosis, also called Mud fever and Rainscald. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Dermatophilus congolensis. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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