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Prevotella dentalis
Definition 1
A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, encapsulated, alpha-hemolytic, ferments arabinose, cellobiose, fructose, galactose, glucose, lactose, maltose, mannose, and raffinose, hydrolyzes esculin, but not starch or gelatin, does not reduce nitrate, indole negative, and the colonies have a characteristic water-drop appearance. P. dentalis was isolated from human dental root canals where is it associated with periodontal infections. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella dentalis. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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