Bacteroides

Translingual

Bacteroides fragilis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Proper noun

Bacteroides m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacteroidaceae – gram-negative anaerobic bacteria that have rounded ends, produce no endospores and no pigment, and that occur usually in the normal intestinal flora.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Bacteroidetes - phylum; Bacteroidia - class; Bacteroidales - order; Bacteroidaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bacteroides fragilis - type species

Derived terms

• Bacteroidaceae
• Bacteroidales
• Bacteroidetes
• Bacteroidia
• Bacteroidota

References

• Bacteroides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacteroides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacteroides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bacteroides in the Genome Taxonomy Database