Prevotella melaninogenica

Prevotella melaninogenica - a species of anaerobic, gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum bacteroidetes. This species is non motile, non spore forming, produces a tan to buff pigment on blood agar, fluoresces under uv (365 nm) light, sucrose, lactose, and beta n acetyl glucosaminidase positive, but xylose arabinose, cellobiose, rhamnose, salicin, indole, esculin hydrolysis beta glucosidase, and glycine aminopeptidase negative. P. Melaninogenica is part of the normal human oral and vaginal flora, but can also be an opportunistic pathogen causing infections in both humans and animals.

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