Bacterium
bifidobacterium dentium
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A species of anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and indole negative, does not reduce nitrate and ferments arabinose, xylose, ribose, gluconate, cellobiose, lactose, mannitol, melezitose, salicin, and starch. B. dentium is an opportunistic pathogen associated with tooth decay.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bifidobacterium dentium.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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