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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Bacteroidetes > Flavobacteriaceae > Capnocytophaga
... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Flavobacteriaceae > Capnocytophaga
Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Capnocytophaga

Preferred term

Capnocytophaga  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A gram-negative gliding bacterium isolated from the oral cavity. It is a pathogen often causing PERIODONTITIS.

History note

  • 91(82); was see under CYTOPHAGACEAE 1982-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002206

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