Bacterium
alloprevotella tannerae
Definitions related to alloprevotella tannerae:
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(prevotella tannerae) Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella tannerae.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(prevotella tannerae) A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, digests gelatin and milk, but not meat, hydrolyzes starch, but not esculin, does not reduce nitrate, produces hydrogen sulfide, produces acid from dextrin, fructose, glycogen, lactose, maltose, mannose, raffinose, starch, sucrose, and trehalose, and is resistant to tetracycline. P. tannerae was isolated from gingival crevices where it is associated with endodontic infections.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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