Bacterium
bacteroides ovatus
Definitions related to bacteroides ovatus:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, hydrolyzes starch and esculin, produces hydrogen sulfide, does not reduce nitrate and ferments melezitose and cellobiose. B. ovatus is commensal and part of the normal human gastrointestinal tract flora, 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 ovatus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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