Organisms

Bacteroides fragilis

Gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections.

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Gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections.

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infection: coord IM with BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS (IM)

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76

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Previous Indexing

  • Bacteroides (1966-1975)

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  1. B03w.440w.080w.094w.152w.400w
  2. B03w.440w.425.410.194w.152w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bacteroides fragilis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001441. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001441
  2. Bacteroides fragilis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteroides_fragilis
  3. Bacteroides fragilis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221817