"Bacteroides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. Its organisms are normal inhabitants of the oral, respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital cavities of humans, animals, and insects. Some species may be pathogenic.
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D001439
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.140.094.152 B03.440.425.410.194.152
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacteroides" by people in Profiles.
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Distant relatives of a eukaryotic cell-specific toxin family evolved a complement-like mechanism to kill bacteria. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 12; 15(1):5028.
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A proteolytically activated antimicrobial toxin encoded on a mobile plasmid of Bacteroidales induces a protective response. Nat Commun. 2022 07 23; 13(1):4258.
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Tumor tissue-specific bacterial biomarker panel for colorectal cancer: Bacteroides massiliensis, Alistipes species, Alistipes onderdonkii, Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, Corynebacterium appendicis. Arch Microbiol. 2022 May 26; 204(6):348.
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Gut enterotypes are stable during Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus probiotic supplementation. J Food Sci. 2020 May; 85(5):1596-1604.
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Biogeographic study of human gut-associated crAssphage suggests impacts from industrialization and recent expansion. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226930.
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Gut microbiota of Type 1 diabetes patients with good glycaemic control and high physical fitness is similar to people without diabetes: an observational study. Diabet Med. 2017 01; 34(1):127-134.
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Bacteroides xylanisolvens sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2008 Apr; 58(Pt 4):1008-13.
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Bacteroides cellulosilyticus sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium from the human gut microbial community. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2007 Jul; 57(Pt 7):1516-1520.
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Bacteroides coprosuis sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 Nov; 55(Pt 6):2515-2518.
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Reclassification of Bacteroides putredinis (Weinberg et al., 1937) in a new genus Alistipes gen. nov., as Alistipes putredinis comb. nov., and description of Alistipes finegoldii sp. nov., from human sources. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2003 Jun; 26(2):182-8.