NOTES: Prevotella, a New Genus To Include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Related Species Formerly Classified in the Genus Bacteroides

N. Shah, Haroun; M. COLLINS, D.

doi:10.1099/00207713-40-2-205

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NOTES: Prevotella, a New Genus To Include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Related Species Formerly Classified in the Genus Bacteroides

Published in International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology • Apr 1, 1990

Authors:

Haroun N. Shah

D. M. COLLINS

Abstract

It was recently proposed that the genus Bacteroides should be restricted to Bacteroides fragilis (the type species) and closely related organisms (viz., B. caccae, B. distasonis, B. eggerthii, B. merdae, B. ovatus, B. stercoris, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. uniformis, and B. vulgatus). By contrast, the m...

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Biology

Bacteroides fragilis

Prevotella

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