Definition of Genus Bacteroides

1. Noun. Type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals.

Exact synonyms: Bacteroides
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Genus
Group relationships: Bacteroidaceae, Family Bacteroidaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bacteroides

genus Austrocedrus
genus Austrotaxus
genus Automeris
genus Avahi
genus Avena
genus Averrhoa
genus Avicennia
genus Ayapana
genus Aythya
genus Azadirachta
genus Azolla
genus Babesia
genus Babyrousa
genus Baccharis
genus Bacillus
genus Bacteroides (current term)
genus Baiomys
genus Bairdiella
genus Balaena
genus Balaeniceps
genus Balaenoptera
genus Balanus
genus Balistes
genus Ballota
genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia
genus Baphia
genus Baptisia

Literary usage of Genus Bacteroides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"We have demonstrated species specific responses within the Bacteroides genus. Bacteroides vulgatus, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, and Bacteroides fragilis ..."

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