Bacteroidaceae | |
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Bacteroides spp. anaerobically cultured in blood agar medium. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
Class: | Bacteroidia |
Order: | Bacteroidales |
Family: | Bacteroidaceae |
Genera | |
Bacteroides |
Bacteroides
Acetofilamentum
Acetomicrobium
Acetothermus
Anaerorhabdus
The family Bacteroidaceae is composed of five genera of environmental bacteria. The genus Capsularis used to exist prior to 1982, but its only species, B. zoogleoformans, was later deemed to be more closely related to the genus Bacteroides.