Bacterium
prevotella brevis
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A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is non-motile, non-spore forming, does not exhibit CMCase activity, produces an abundant amount of extracellular DNase activity, and ferments mannose, melibiose, sucrose, inulin, raffinose, acetylglucosamine, gentiobiose, but not xylose, arbutin, salicin, or rhamnose. P. brevis is found in large mammals and chickens and has been isolate from human clinical specimens.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella brevis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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