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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Bdellovibrio > Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Deltaproteobacteria > Bdellovibrio > Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus  

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  • A non-pathogenic, obligate aerobic, Gram-negative species of Bdellovibrio that occurs in water and soil, as well as the intestines of birds and mammals. It can infect and lyse pathogenic GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA and can function as a PROBIOTIC and ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENT.

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  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070060

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