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MeSH Heading: Bilophila
Tree Number(s): B03.440.425.410.200; B03.660.125.144.500.500
Unique ID: D045282
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045282
Annotation: infection: coordinate with BILOPHILA INFECTIONS see DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS
Scope Note: A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria in the family DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE. It was originally recovered from infections in patients with gangrenous and PERFORATED APPENDICITIS. It is also associated with ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; and BILIARY TRACT sepsis.
Entry Term(s): Bilophila wadsworthia
Related Numbers: txid35833
Previous Indexing: Deltaproteobacteria (2000-2003); Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria (1989-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Bilophila MeSH Descriptor Data 2025