bacteroides
[ bak-tuh-roi-deez ]
/ ˌbæk təˈrɔɪ diz /
noun, plural bac·te·roi·des.
any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
Origin of bacteroides
From New Latin, dating back to 1919; see origin at
bacter(i)-,
-oid
Words nearby bacteroides
Example sentences from the Web for bacteroides
Cultivation and classification of "bacteroides," "symbionts," or "rickettsiae" of Blattella germanica.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches |Louis M. Roth
Medical definitions for bacteroides
Bacteroides
[ băk′tə-roi′dēz ]
n.
A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria that occur in the respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital tracts of warm-blooded animals and include some pathogenic species.