Bacteroidetes (class)

Taxobox
name = Bacteroidetes
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Bacteroidetes
classis = Bacteroidetes
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
BacteroidalesThe class Bacteroidetes is composed of a single order of environmental bacteria. By far, the Bacteroidales class are the most well-studied of the Bacteroidetes. Some members of the genus "Bacteroides" are opportunistic pathogens [Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.] .

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