Eikenella corrodens
[ ī′kə-nĕl′ə kə-rō′dənz ]
n.
A rod-shaped, gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium normally in the adult human oral cavity but which may become an opportunistic pathogen, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
Nearby words
ephemeral, ephemerality, ephemerid, ephemeris, ephemeris second, Eikenella corrodens, ephemeron, ephemeropteran, ephemerous, ephes., ephesian
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