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Descriptor English: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Descriptor Spanish: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Descriptor Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Scope note: Especie de Bacteroides que es un constituyente primordial de la MICROBIOTA INTESTINAL humana. Normalmente produce importantes enzimas para la digestión de materia vegetal. Sin embargo, también puede causar INFECCIONES OPORTUNISTAS que provoquen SEPSIS intraabdominal, BACTERIEMIA y PERITONITIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Descriptor French: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Tree number(s): B03.440.080.094.152.700
B03.440.425.410.194.152.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000070077
Scope note: A species of Bacteroides that is a major constituent of the human GUT MICROBIOTA. It normally produces enzymes important for the digestion of vegetable matter. However, it can also cause OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS that result in intra-abdominal SEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; and PERITONITIS.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with BACTEROIDES 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 (1971-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56304
Unique ID: D000070077
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron - Preferred
Concept UI M000609142
Scope note A species of Bacteroides that is a major constituent of the human GUT MICROBIOTA. It normally produces enzymes important for the digestion of vegetable matter. However, it can also cause OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS that result in intra-abdominal SEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; and PERITONITIS.
Preferred term Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron



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