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Prevotella denticola
Definition 1
A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, produces a tan to buff pigment, fluoresces under UV (365 nm) light, is sucrose, lactose, esculin hydrolysis, beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, and alpha-fucosidase positive, but xylose, arabinose, cellobiose, rhamnose, salicin, indole, beta-glucosidase, and glycine aminopeptidase negative. P. denticola has been isolated from the human gingiva and a variety of clinical specimens. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Prevotella denticola. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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