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Bacteroides
Definition 1
A genus of bacteria within the phylum Bacteroidetes consisting of gram-negative bacilli or cocco-bacilli that comprise a major portion of the human normal flora, predominating in the intestinal tract. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Bacteroides genus level. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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