HyperDic: bacteroides

English > 1 sense of the word Bacteroides:
NOUNanimalBacteroides, genus Bacteroidestype genus of Bacteroidaceae
English > Bacteroides: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype 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.
Synonymgenus Bacteroides
Member ofBacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceaefamily of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals
Broaderbacteria genusA genus of bacteria
Spanishbacteroides, genus bacteroides
Catalanbacteroides, Bacteroides, genus bacteroides

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