Species/Subspecies: | Prevotella heparinolytica | ||||||||
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Etymology: | Genus name: named after the French microbiologist, A. R. Prévot, who was a pioneer in anaerobic microbiology Species epithet: heparin dissolving. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Bacteroidia Order Bacteroidales Family Prevotellaceae Genus Prevotella |
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Type Strain: | HEP = ATCC 35895 = CCUG 27827. | ||||||||
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Micromorphology: | Short rods | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Anaerobic | ||||||||
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Other Enzymes: | Tryptophanase (indole) + | ||||||||
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Disease: | Oral infections in animals and wound infections in humans after dog or cat bites. |
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Hosts: | Dog, cat and humans | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 50 species have been described within genus Prevotella. Many species, which were earlier affiliated with genus Bacteroides, have now been transfered to genus Porphyromonas or genus Prevotella. These three genera are related and belong to the order Bacteroidales. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-15 |
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