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NCI: A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is catalase and urease negative, oxidase variable, does not require X factor and acid is produced from glucose, fructose and mannose. A. aphrophilus is found in human oral flora, oropharyngeal flora and dental plaque, and is a cause of infectious endocarditis.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Aggregatibacter aphrophilus.,MSH: A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus HAEMOPHILUS, found in the normal flora of the human ORAL CAVITY and PHARYNX. It can cause SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; and BRAIN ABSCESS, among other conditions.
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