PERITRICHOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peritrichous mean? 

• PERITRICHOUS (adjective)
  The adjective PERITRICHOUS has 1 sense:

1. covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella

  Familiarity information: PERITRICHOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERITRICHOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

Domain category:

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

 Context examples 

This species is variably motile by peritrichous flagella, endosporeforming, catalase and lipase negative and nearly all strains do not ferment maltose.

(Clostridium sordellii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole and oxidase negative and catalase positive.

(Edwardsiella hoshinae, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole positive and hemolytic in culture.

(Edwardsiella tarda, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, oxidase, indole and urease negative and not susceptible to erythromycin and penicillin.

(Enterobacter cancerogenus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase and indole positive, oxidase negative and does not ferment D sorbitol.

(Kluyvera georgiana, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, oxidase negative, catalase positive, grows in KCN medium, and successfully ferment sucrose, raffinose and melibiose.

(Citrobacter freundii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, asporogenous, catalase positive, oxidase negative, produces acid from D glucose and D xylose and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Listeria seeligeri, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by long peritrichous flagella, catalase and oxidase positive, produces yellow colonies and hydrolyzes starch.

(Leifsonia aquatica, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase positive, oxidase and indole negative, and ferments sucrose, dulcitol and amygdalin.

(Kluyvera intermedia, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, asporogenous, catalase positive, oxidase negative, unable to reduce nitrates to nitrites, hydrolyzes esculin and produces acid from D glucose, D xylose and alpha methyl D mannoside.

(Listeria welshimeri, NCI Thesaurus)