GENUS BACTEROIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bacteroides mean? 

• GENUS BACTEROIDES (noun)
  The noun GENUS BACTEROIDES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals

  Familiarity information: GENUS BACTEROIDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BACTEROIDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bacteroides; genus Bacteroides

Hypernyms ("genus Bacteroides" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Holonyms ("genus Bacteroides" is a member of...):

Bacteroidaceae; family Bacteroidaceae (family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes)

 Context examples 

A bacterium that belongs to the Fragilis group of the genus Bacteroides.

(Bacteroides fragilis Group, NCI Thesaurus)