bacteroides

[bak-tuh-roi-deez]

bac·te·roi·des

[bak-tuh-roi-deez]
noun, plural bac·te·roi·des.
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.

Origin:
1919; < Neo-Latin; see bacter(i)-, -oid
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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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