Prevotella brevis Avgustin et al., 1997
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Bacteroidota
- class
- Bacteroidia
- order
- Bacteroidales
- family
- Prevotellaceae
- genus
- Prevotella
- species
- Prevotella brevis
Abstract
Prevotella brevis is a species of bacterium. Prevotella species are part of the human oral and vaginal microbiota. They play a role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease, gingivitis, extraoral and some odontogenic infections, and strains are usually carried in families, in so-called intrafamilial carriage. It is also associated with carotid atherosclerosis.