Bacterium
bacteroides eggerthii
Definitions related to bacteroides eggerthii:
  • A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, indole and esculin positive, forms pleomorphic rods in PYG broth, requires vitamin B12 to produce propionate from succinate, and hemin stimulates growth and produces succinate and acetate. B. eggerthii is commensal and part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, but may become pathogenic in other body regions.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacteroides eggerthii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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