Bacteroides,Prevotella, andPorphyromonas

1 Classification 2 Bacteroides 3 Prevotella 4 Porphyromonas 5 The Current Status of Species that Previously Belonged to the Genus Bacteroides 6 Antibiotic Resistance 7 Molecular Analysis 8 Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Porphyromonas in the Normal Flora 9 Antimicrobial Susceptibility 10 Pathogenicity Keywords: Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Porphyromonas; gram-negative, nonsporing, anaerobic bacilli with rounded or pointed ends; isolation and classification of organisms-presenting difficulties; impact of rRNA sequence analysis; genus Bacteroides-small nonmotile gram-negative bacilli and coccobacilli; Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron; Bacteroides putredinis and Bacteroides microfusus; gram-negative anaerobic bacilli-in normal flora of gastrointestinal tract