Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chryseobacterium
(kris″ē-ō-bak-tēr′ē-ŭm )
[Gr. chryseos, chryous, golden + bacterium ]
A genus of nonfermentative, glucose-oxidizing, yellow gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria. Some species cause opportunistic infections in severely immunosuppressed people.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Chryseobacterium." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761845/all/Chryseobacterium.
Chryseobacterium. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761845/all/Chryseobacterium. Accessed June 23, 2026.
Chryseobacterium. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761845/all/Chryseobacterium
Chryseobacterium [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 23]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761845/all/Chryseobacterium.
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