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==''B. fragilis''==
==''B. fragilis''==
''Bacteroides fragilis'' is an [[obligate anaerobe]] of the gut. It is involved in 90% of anaerobic [[peritoneal]] infections. ''B. fragilis'' is generally susceptible to [[metronidazole]], [[carbapenems]], and [[beta-lactam]]/[[beta-lactamase|beta-lactamase inhibitor]] combinations (e.g., [[Unasyn]], [[Zosyn]]). The bacteria has inherent high-level resistance to [[penicillin]]. [[Clindamycin]] is no longer recommended as the first-line agent for ''B. fragilis'' due to emerging high-level resistance (>30% in some reports).<ref name="mandell">{{cite book|author=Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R|title=Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases|edition=6th ed.|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|year=2004|isbn = 0443066434}}</ref>
''Bacteroides fragilis'' is an [[obligate anaerobe]] of the gut. It is involved in 90% of anaerobic [[peritoneal]] infections. ''B. fragilis'' is generally susceptible to [[metronidazole]], [[carbapenems]], and [[beta-lactam]]/[[beta-lactamase|beta-lactamase inhibitor]] combinations (e.g., [[Unasyn]], [[Zosyn]]). The bacteria has inherent high-level resistance to [[penicillin]]. [[Clindamycin]] is no longer recommended as the first-line agent for ''B. fragilis'' due to emerging high-level resistance (>30% in some reports).<ref name="mandell">{{cite book|author=Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R|title=Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases|edition=6th ed.|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|year=2004|isbn = 0443066434}}</ref>
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Image: Bacteroides01.jpeg| This Petri dish culture plate contained a medium of kanamycin menadione blood agar, which had been inoculated with an inoculum from a cervical swab culture specimen. The culture had given rise to pigmented colonies of Prevotella melaninogenica. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides02.jpeg| Under a low magnification of 15x, this image depicts five colonies of Bacteroides variabilis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides03.jpeg| Under a low magnification of 15x, this image depicts five colonies of Bacteroides variabilis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides04.jpeg| Under a magnification of 956X, this Gram-stained photomicrograph depicts numbers of Gram-negative Bacteroides variabilis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides05.jpeg| Under a low magnification of 15x, this image depicts a single colony of Bacteroides terebrans bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides06.jpeg| This image depicts a Petri dish culture plate containing a medium of blood agar to which menadione had been added. The dish had been inoculated with Prevotella melaninogenica, formerly known as Bacteroides melaninogenicus bacteria, which was incubated at a temperature of 35°C for a five day period. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides07.jpeg|This photomicrograph of an unknown sample revealed the presence of a mixed infection, which involved Gram-positive Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and P. asaccharolyticus (formerly Peptococcus asaccharolyticus), and Gram-negative Prevotella melaninogenica (formerly Bacteroides melaninogenicus), anaerobic bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides08.jpeg| Under a magnification of 956X, this Gram-stained photomicrograph depicts numbers of Prevotella melaninogenica, formerly known as Bacteroides melaninogenicus, bacteria, which had been grown on thioglycollate medium for a 72 hour time period. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides09.jpeg| This image depicts three Bacteroides bivius bacterial cultures, which had been grown on a blood agar plate (BAP) for a 48 hour time period. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides11.jpeg|This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacterium. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides12.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a small grouping of Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria.<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides13.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a small grouping of Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria.<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides14.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria, as it was about to enter the process of cell division. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides15.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted numbers of Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides16.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted two Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides17.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a small grouping of Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides18.jpeg| This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a Gram-negative Sebaldella termitidis bacterium, which was in the process of dividing into two separate organisms. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides20.jpeg| Magnified 1000X, this photomicrograph depicted numbers of Gram-negative Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis bacteria, which had been cultured on Schaedler agar medium, and processed using the Gram-stain method. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides21.jpeg| his 1972 photograph revealed the morphology displayed by two colonies of Bacteroides hypermegas bacteria that had been grown on blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides22.jpeg|This 1972 photograph depicts two Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis bacterial cultures grown on blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides23.jpeg| This micrograph depicts Bacteroides clostridiforme subsp. girans bacteria that had been cultured in thioglycollate broth medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides24.jpeg| This micrograph depicts Bacteroides fragilis subsp. thetaiota bacteria that had been cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides25.jpeg| This micrograph depicts Bacteroides biacutis bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides27.jpeg| This micrograph depicts Bacteroides biacutis bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Bacteroides28.jpeg| This micrograph depicts Bacteroides fragilis ss. fragilis bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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Revision as of 17:43, 11 June 2015

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Bacteroides
Bacteroides spp. anaerobically cultured in blood agar medium.
Bacteroides spp. anaerobically cultured in blood agar medium.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Bacteroidetes
Order: Bacteroidales
Family: Bacteroidaceae
Genus: Bacteroides
Castellani & Chalmers 1919
Species

B. acidifaciens
B. distasonis (reclassified as Parabacteroides distasonis)
B. gracilis
B. fragilis
B. oris
B. ovatus
B. putredinis
B. pyogenes
B. stercoris
B. suis
B. tectus
B. thetaiotaomicron
B. vulgatus
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Bacteroides is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. Bacteroides species are non-endospore-forming, anaerobes, and may either be motile or non-motile, depending on the species.[1] The DNA base composition is 40-48% GC. Unusual in bacterial organisms, Bacteroides membranes contain sphingolipids. They also contain meso-diaminopimelic acid in their peptidoglycan layer.

Bacteroides are normally commensal, making up the most substantial portion of the mammalian gastrointestinal flora,[2] where they play a fundamental role in processing of complex molecules to simpler ones in the host intestine. As many as 1010-1011 cells per gram of human feces have been reported.[3] They can use simple sugars when available, but the main source of energy is polysaccharides from plant sources.

Pathogenesis

Bacteroides species also benefit their host by excluding potential pathogens from colonizing the gut. Some species (B. fragilis, for example) are opportunistic human pathogens, causing infections of the peritoneal cavity, gastrointestinal surgery, and appendicitis via abscess formation, inhibiting phagocytosis, and inactivating beta-lactam antibiotics.[4] Although Bacteroides species are anaerobic, they are aerotolerant and thus can survive in the abdominal cavity.

Bacteroides are generally resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics — beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, and recently many species have acquired resistance to erythromycin and tetracycline. This high level of antibiotic resistance has prompted concerns that Bacteroides species may become a reservoir for resistance in other, more highly pathogenic bacterial strains.[5]

B. fragilis

Bacteroides fragilis is an obligate anaerobe of the gut. It is involved in 90% of anaerobic peritoneal infections. B. fragilis is generally susceptible to metronidazole, carbapenems, and beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations (e.g., Unasyn, Zosyn). The bacteria has inherent high-level resistance to penicillin. Clindamycin is no longer recommended as the first-line agent for B. fragilis due to emerging high-level resistance (>30% in some reports).[6]


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  1. Madigan M, Martinko J (editors). (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed. ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.
  2. Dorland WAN (editor) (2003). Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (30th ed.). W.B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-0146-4.
  3. Finegold SM, Sutter VL, Mathisen GE (1983). Normal indigenous intestinal flora (pp. 3-31) in Human intestinal microflora in health and disease. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-341280-3.
  4. Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
  5. Salyers AA, Gupta A, Wang Y (2004). "Human intestinal bacteria as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes". Trends Microbiol. 12 (9): 412–6. ISSN 0966-842X. PMID 15337162.
  6. Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R (2004). Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (6th ed. ed.). Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0443066434.
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