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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Bilophila
Bacteria > Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria > Desulfovibrionaceae > Bilophila
Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Desulfovibrionaceae > Bilophila
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Deltaproteobacteria > Desulfovibrionales > Desulfovibrionaceae > Bilophila

Preferred term

Bilophila  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bilophila wadsworthia

Note

  • infection: coordinate with BILOPHILA INFECTIONS see DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria in the family DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE. It was originally recovered from infections in patients with gangrenous and PERFORATED APPENDICITIS. It is also associated with ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; and BILIARY TRACT sepsis.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045282

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