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

Preferred term

Prevotella melaninogenica  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bacteroides melaninogenicus

Note

  • infection: coord IM with BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria originally classified within the BACTEROIDES genus. This bacterium has been isolated from the mouth, urine, feces, and infections of the mouth, soft tissue, respiratory tract, urogenital tract, and intestinal tract. It is pathogenic, but usually in association with other kinds of organisms.

History note

  • 95; was BACTEROIDES MELANINOGENICUS 1976-94 (see under BACTEROIDES 1976-90)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001443

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