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Bacteroides fragilis
Physiology:
- normal colonic flora (see Bacteroides)
- a symbiont in human intestinal flora
Laboratory:
- Bacteroides fragilis antigen
- Bacteroides fragilis serology
- Bacteroides fragilis DNA
Comparative biology:
- introducing B fragilis into the gut at the same time as an inflammatory-bowel disease causing agent prevented the inflammatory-bowel disease in mice
- polysaccharide A apparently confers this benefit [2]
General
Bacteroides
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 502, 578
- Mazmanian SK et al,
A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory
disease.
Nature 2008, 453:620
PMID: 18509436
- Kullberg MC
Soothing intestinal sugars.
Nature 2008, 453:602
PMID: 18509431