Bacteroides
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Bacteroides melaninogenicus, Porphyromonas
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Scope Note
genus of gram negative, anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria; its organisms are normal inhabitants of the oral, respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital cavities of humans, animals, and insects; some species may be pathogenic.
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- As an example, the construction of a QPCR internal standard for Bacteroides is outlined.
- No involvement other than that in the expression of antibiotic resistance genes has, as yet, been observed for the Bacteroides IS elements.
- Bacteroides is the most frequent anaerobic pathogen in man (80% of anaerobic infections).
- The problem with Bacteroides is when they get out of the intestine and into our bodies.
- In addition, we have shown that Bacteroides is able to transfer antibiotic resistance from one strain to another when added to 15 seawater microcosms, when oysters are present.
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