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Descriptor English: Porphyromonas
Descriptor Spanish: Porphyromonas
Descriptor Porphyromonas
Scope note: Género de bacilos o cocobacilos gramnegativos, anaerobios, que no forman esporas y son inmóviles. Los organismos de este género originalmente se clasificaron como miembros del género BACTEROIDES pero los hallazgos bioquímicos y químicos indicaron la necesidad de separarlos de otras especies de Bacteroides, y por ello se creó este nuevo género.
Descriptor Portuguese: Porphyromonas
Descriptor French: Porphyromonas
Tree number(s): B03.440.080.094.625
B03.440.425.410.194.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017861
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, nonsporeforming, nonmotile rods or coccobacilli. Organisms in this genus had originally been classified as members of the BACTEROIDES genus but overwhelming biochemical and chemical findings indicated the need to separate them from other Bacteroides species, and hence, this new genus was created.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bacteroides (1988-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31163
Unique ID: D017861
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Porphyromonas - Preferred
Concept UI M0026987
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, nonsporeforming, nonmotile rods or coccobacilli. Organisms in this genus had originally been classified as members of the BACTEROIDES genus but overwhelming biochemical and chemical findings indicated the need to separate them from other Bacteroides species, and hence, this new genus was created.
Preferred term Porphyromonas



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