Medical Definition of Rothia

1. A genus of nonmotile, nonsporeforming, non-acid-fast, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Actinomycetaceae) containing Gram-positive, coccoid, diphtheroid, or filamentous cells; metabolism is fermentative, and glucose fermentation yields primarily lactic acid but no propionic acid. These organisms are normal inhabitants of the human oral cavity and are opportunistic pathogens. The type species is Rothia dentocariosa. Origin: G. D. Roth Rothia dentocariosa, rare cause of infective endocarditis in humans. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rothia

Rotarian
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Rotavirus
Rotch
Rotch's sign
Roth
Roth's disease
Roth's spots
Roth-Bernhardt disease
Roth IRA
Rothbardian
Rothbardians
Rothera's nitroprusside test
Rothia (current term)
Rothko
Rothschild
Rothschilds
Rothstein
Rotor's syndrome
Rotterdam
Rottweiler
Rottweilers
Rotuman
Rotumans
Rouen
Rouget's bulb
Rouget's muscle

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