Associations to the word «Bacteroides»

Wiktionary

BACTEROIDES, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacteroidaceae   — species constitute about 30 percent of gut flora.

Dictionary definition

BACTEROIDES, 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.

Wise words

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Stephen King