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NONMOTILE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement

Synonyms:

immotile; nonmotile

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

immobile (not capable of movement or of being moved)

Domain category:

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

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 Context examples: 

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole and catalase negative, does not hydrolyze esculin and is susceptible to penicillin.

(Bacteroides tectus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase and catalase positive, nonmotile and asaccharolytic.

(Moraxella osloensis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid fast, nonmotile, acid phosphatase and iron uptake negative and catalase, urease, pyrazinamidase and nicotinamidase positive.

(Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid fast, nonmotile, catalase negative, requires haemin for growth and is characterized by exclusively intracellular development.

(Mycobacterium haemophilum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, indole negative, produces acid from fructose, glucose and maltose, does not reduce nitrate and is catalase negative.

(Megasphaera elsdenii, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of minute, nonmotile gram-positive thermotolerant bacteria that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract.

(Microbacterium, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, indole negative, resistant to colistin, lactose positive and produces acid from D-glucose, lactose and raffinose.

(Moellerella wisconsensis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, indole negative, does not reduce nitrate, is negative for the methyl red test and contains the amino sugar galactosamine in the cell wall.

(Micrococcus lylae, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid-fast, nonmotile, does not reduce nitrate, is amidase, urease and nicotinamidase positive and benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, succinamidase and acetamidase negative.

(Mycobacterium abscessus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, acid-fast, oxidase negative, hydrolyzes casein, elastin, esculin, hypoxanthine, testosterone, and tyrosine, but not xanthine, produces acid phosphatase, and reduces nitrate.

(Nocardia brasiliensis, NCI Thesaurus)