Talk:Bacteroides

Interesting enzyme
There is an upcoming article in Nature journal about an enzyme(?) found to be produced by B. fragilis which seems to be able to cleave human blood group A and B marker proteins from erythrocyte surfaces. Someone might want to read this ref and work it into the text. Dysmorodrepanis 12:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Classification
The article of Sphingobacteria puts Bacteroides as its subgroup. The Phylum in the scientific classification should thus be Sphingobacteria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.30.6.9 (talk) 15:08, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Obligate anaerobes are not aerotolerant organisms
The first sentence reads: "Bacteroides is a genus of Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic bacteria." The last sentence under Pathogenesis reads: "Although Bacteroides species are anaerobic, they are aerotolerant and thus can survive in the abdominal cavity." These two sentences, I believe, contradict one another. Please refer to the article:  and especially to the discrimination section under the five test tubes, which clearly distinguishes between "obligate anaerobes"and "aerotolerant organisms": "Aerotolerant organisms do not require oxygen as they metabolise energy anaerobically. Unlike obligate anaerobes however, they are not poisoned by oxygen...." Wikifan2744 (talk) 12:22, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Clarified with citation. 173.25.54.191 (talk) 19:58, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Interesting aspect of gut bacteria population ratios
Worm infection counters inflammatory bowel disease by drastically changing gut microbiome
 * "In the newly published study, a team led by researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center found that mice infected with intestinal worms experienced as much as a thousand-fold decrease in Bacteroides -- a group of bacterial species linked by past studies to higher risk for IBD. At the same time, the number of Clostridia, a bacterial species known to counter inflammation, increased tenfold."

Shenme (talk) 18:21, 18 April 2016 (UTC)