Bacterium
bacteroides vulgatus
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A species of anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-sporeforming, hydrolyzes starch and esculin, resistant to penicillin, indole negative, and reduces resazurin, but not neutral red or nitrate. B. vulgatus is found in the human intestinal tract, but can be pathogenic.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacteroides vulgatus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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