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Gut and Environment Bacteria in Bacteroidota
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Bacteroidota is a bacterial phylum with more than 700 species. It includes four main orders: Bacteroidales, Cytophagales, Flavobacteriales, and Sphingobacteriales. These bacteria are gram-negative, do not form spores, and are usually rod-shaped. They can be aerobic or fermentative, and some use gliding motility while others ...
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The phylum Bacteroidota includes Gram-negative rods classified into four orders - Bacteroidales, Cytophagales, Flavobacteriales, and Sphingobacteriales.
The order Bacteroidales primarily comprises obligately anaerobic, fermentative bacteria.
Notably, the genus Bacteroides constitutes a significant portion of the microbial biom...
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