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Bacteria > Firmicutes

Preferred term

Firmicutes  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A phylum of predominantly GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA that includes the orders Bacillales and Clostridiales. Firmicutes and BACTEROIDETES are the two bacterial phyla that constitute the majority of the human gut MICROBIOTA.

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Synonym(s)

  • txid1239

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PJWNL7LT-D

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