Bacteroides finegoldii: Difference between revisions

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===General Background===
===General Background===
B. finegoldii is a strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative rod bacteria that occurs in human feces.


===Metabolism===
===Metabolism===

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Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidales; Bacteroidaceae; Bacteroides

Species

Bacteroides finegoldii

Description and significance

General Background

B. finegoldii is a strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative rod bacteria that occurs in human feces.

Metabolism

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Current Research

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

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