Dialister pneumosintes

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of Gram-negative, non-fermenting, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium in the family Veillonellaceae. The species was first isolated from nasopharyngeal secretions of patients during the flu epidemic of 1918 to 1921.

**Synonyms:** - Bacillus pneumosintes - Bacteroides pneumosintes - DIALISTER PNEUMOSINTES