Bacteroides
any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
historical examples
cultivation and cl-ssification of “bacteroides,” “symbionts,” or “rickettsiae” of blattella germanica.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth
bacteroides bac·te·roi·des (bāk’tə-roi’dēz)
n.
a genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-sporeforming bacteria that occur in the respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital tracts of warm-blooded animals and include some pathogenic species.
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