Bacterium
prevotella denticola
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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, produces a tan to buff pigment, fluoresces under UV (365 nm) light, is sucrose, lactose, esculin hydrolysis, beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, and alpha-fucosidase positive, but xylose, arabinose, cellobiose, rhamnose, salicin, indole, beta-glucosidase, and glycine aminopeptidase negative. P. denticola has been isolated from the human gingiva and a variety of clinical specimens.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella denticola.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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