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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Bacteroidetes > Bacteroidaceae > Bacteroides
... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Bacteroidaceae > Bacteroides

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Bacteroides  

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Note

  • infection = BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BACTEROIDES CORRODENS see EIKENELLA CORRODENS and BACTEROIDES NODOSUS see DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS are also available

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. Its organisms are normal inhabitants of the oral, respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital cavities of humans, animals, and insects. Some species may be pathogenic.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001439

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