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bacteroides

American  
[bak-tuh-roi-deez] / ˌbæk təˈrɔɪ diz /

noun

plural

bacteroides

  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.

Etymology

Origin of bacteroides

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

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