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MeSH Heading: Bacteroides fragilis
Tree Number(s): B03.440.080.094.152.400; B03.440.425.410.194.152.400
Unique ID: D001441
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001441
Annotation: infection: coord IM with BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: Gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections.
Registry Numbers: txid817
Previous Indexing: Bacteroides (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 76
History Note: 76
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Bacteroides fragilis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025