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Related to Prevotella: Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella melaninogenica, Porphyromonas

Prevotella

(prev'ō-tel'ă),
Genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming, obligately anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, and pleomorphic rods; contains many species previously classified in the genus Bacteroides. P. melaninogenica is the type species.

Pre·vo·tel·la

(prev'ō-tel'ă)
Bacterial genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming, obligately anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, and pleomorphic rods; includes many species previously classified in the genus Bacteroides.

Pre·vo·tel·la

(prev'ō-tel'ă)
Bacterial genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming, obligately anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, and pleomorphic rods; includes many species previously classified in the genus Bacteroides.

Prevotella

a genus of gram negative anaerobic bacteria previously grouped in the genus Bacteroides. Involved in periodontal disease and a cause of dog and cat bite wound infections.
Prevotella melaninogenica
isolated from footrot and foot abscesses of cattle. Previously called Bacteroides melaninogenicus.
Prevotella ruminicola
one of the predominant anaerobic gram negative bacterial species in ruminal contents.
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