| Noguchia | A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, motile, peritrichous bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing small, slender, Gram-negative, encapsulated rods. These organisms are present in the conjunctiva of man and other animals affected by a follicular type of disease. The type species is Noguchia granulosis. Origin: Hideyo Noguchi, Japanese bacteriologist, 1876-1928 (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Noguchia cuniculi | A species which causes conjunctival folliculosis in rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noguchia granulosis | A species regarded by some as a cause of trachoma in man; it produces a granular conjunctivitis in monkeys and apes; it is the type species of the genus Noguchia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noguchia simiae | A species which causes conjunctival folliculosis in monkeys (Macacus rhesus). (05 Mar 2000) |