Noguchia granulosis


No·gu·chi·a gran·u·lo·'sis

a bacterial species regarded by some as a cause of trachoma in humans; it produces a granular conjunctivitis in monkeys and apes; it is the type species of the genus Noguchia.

Noguchi,

Hideyo, Japanese pathologist, 1876-1928. Noguchi test - for globulin.Noguchia - a genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, motile, peritrichous bacteria.Noguchia granulosis - a bacterial species sometimes regarded as a cause of trachoma in humans.