Bacteroides

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Bacteroides

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bacteroidaceae, ↑family Bacteroidaceae

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\\ˌbaktəˈrȯi(ˌ)dēz\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from bacterium + -oides

1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Bacteroidaceae) of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria having rounded ends, producing no endospores and no pigment, and living usually in the normal intestinal tract

2. plural bacteroides : a bacterium of Bacteroides or a closely related genus

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/bak'teuh roy"deez/, n., pl. bacteroides.

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.

[1919; NL; see BACTER-, -OID]