Bacterium
prevotella buccalis
Definitions related to prevotella buccalis:
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A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, nonpigmented, cellobiose, sucrose, lactose, esculin hydrolysis, beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, alpha-fucosidase, and beta-glucosidase positive, but xylose arabinose rhamnose salicin, indole, beta-xylosidase and glycine aminopeptidase negative. P. buccalis has been isolated from the mouth.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella buccalis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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