| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | A species which causes swine erysipelas, human erysipeloid, non-suppurative polyarthritis in lambs, and septicaemia in mice, and commonly infects fish handlers; it is the type species of the genus Erysipelothrix. Synonym: Erysipelothrix insidiosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bacterin | <virology> A vaccine composed of weakened or dead bacteria which will cause the body to create antibodies against the disease normally caused by the bacteria in the vaccine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| erysipelothrix | A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that has a tendency to form long filaments. Its organisms are widely distributed in nature and are parasitic on mammals, birds, and fish. (12 Dec 1998) |
| erysipelothrix infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus erysipelothrix. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Erysipelothrix insidiosa | A species which causes swine erysipelas, human erysipeloid, non-suppurative polyarthritis in lambs, and septicaemia in mice, and commonly infects fish handlers; it is the type species of the genus Erysipelothrix. Synonym: Erysipelothrix insidiosa. (05 Mar 2000) |