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  2. Bacterial taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation for species is sp. (plural spp.) and is used after a generic epithet to indicate a species of that genus. Often used to denote a strain of a genus for which the species is not known either because the organism has not been described yet as a species or insufficient tests were conducted to identify it.

  3. ESKAPE - Wikipedia

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    ESKAPE is an acronym comprising the scientific names of six highly virulent and antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens including: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp. [1] The acronym is sometimes extended to ESKAPEE to include Escherichia coli. [2]

  4. IMViC - Wikipedia

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    The IMViC tests are a group of individual tests used in microbiology lab testing to identify an organism in the coliform group. A coliform is a gram negative, aerobic, or facultative anaerobic rod, which produces gas from lactose within 48 hours. The presence of some coliforms indicate fecal contamination.

  5. Glossary of scientific naming - Wikipedia

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    species aggregate or aggregate species: a grouping of closely related species that are treated like a single species for practical purposes; alliance: a group of species or genera that have at some time been considered provisionally related; conspecific: of the same species; e. g. of two taxa previously thought to be different species

  6. Lipopolysaccharide - Wikipedia

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    In its place is a short oligosaccharide: this form is known as Lipooligosaccharide (LOS), and is a glycolipid found in the outer membrane of some types of Gram-negative bacteria, such as Neisseria spp. and Haemophilus spp. [7] [22] LOS plays a central role in maintaining the integrity and functionality of the outer membrane of the Gram negative ...

  7. Pseudomonas - Wikipedia

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    Pseudomonas species also typically give a positive result to the oxidase test, the absence of gas formation from glucose, glucose is oxidised in oxidation/fermentation test using Hugh and Leifson O/F test, beta hemolytic (on blood agar), indole negative, methyl red negative, Voges–Proskauer test negative, and citrate positive.

  8. SPP - Wikipedia

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    SPP or spp may refer to: Businesses. ShowBiz Pizza Place, a former chain of pizza restaurants; Sigmund Pulsometer Pumps, a British engineering company;

  9. Forma specialis - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. Forma specialis (plural: formae speciales), abbreviated f. sp. (plural ff. spp.) without italics, is an informal taxonomic grouping allowed by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, [1] that is applied to a parasite (most frequently a fungus) which ...