Providencia

Providencia definition - medical

Prov·i·den·ci·a (prŏvˌĭ-dĕnˈsē-ə)

noun
A genus of motile, peritrichous, nonsporeforming, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-negative rods; it includes the species that can occur in urinary tract infections.

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