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NCI: A species of aerobic, Gram negative bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is motile by flagella, urease negative, oxidase and catalase positive, ferments glucose, and hydrolyzes esculin. A. xylosoxidans infection may occur in immunocompromised patients.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Achromobacter xylosoxidans.,MSH: The type species of gram negative, aerobic bacteria in the genus ACHROMOBACTER. Previously in the genus ALCALIGENES, the classification and nomenclature of this species has been frequently emended. The two subspecies, Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans and Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans are associated with infections.
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