bacteroides

[ bak-tuh-roi-deez ]

noun

, plural bac·te·roi·des.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacteroides¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin; bacteri-, -oid

Example Sentences

Cultivation and classification of "bacteroides," "symbionts," or "rickettsiae" of Blattella germanica.

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