Assertion: c. psittaci | /r/CapableOf | survive in inactive extracellular state
Facets:
value: metabolically
type: MANNER
value: for over a month
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Although C. psittaci is an obligate intracellular bacterium, it can survive in a metabolically inactive extracellular state for over a month, which allows for transmission between vertebrate hosts (Smith et al.