bacteroides
[ bak-tuh-roi-deez ]
noun,plural bac·te·roi·des.
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.
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