Bacterium
bacteroides gingivalis
Subclass of:
Porphyromonas
Definitions related to porphyromonas gingivalis:
  • (bacteroides gingivalis) Species of gram negative, anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria originally classified within the Bacteroides genus and is now in the Porphyromonas genus; this bacterium produces a cell bound, oxygen sensitive collagenase and is isolated from the human mouth.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A species of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria originally classified within the BACTEROIDES genus. This bacterium produces a cell-bound, oxygen-sensitive collagenase and is isolated from the human mouth.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole and trypsin positive, alpha-fucosidase negative, pigmented, nonfermenting, utilizes trypticase, proteose, and peptone as a source of energy, and does not reduce nitrate or hydrolyze starch or esculin. P. gingivalis is associated with periodontal disease.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Porphyromonas gingivalis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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