Abstract
Prevotellaceae is a family in the phylum Bacteroidetes and is composed of four genera: Prevotella, Alloprevotella, Hallella, and Paraprevotella. Two strains of Prevotella have been completely sequenced: Prevotella intermedia 17 and Prevotella ruminicola 23 (TIGR). Prevotella strains are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile, rod-shaped or pleomorphic, singular cells that thrive under anaerobic growth conditions. The G+C content of strains in this family range from 45 to 49 mol%.
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Rosenberg, E. (2014). The Family Prevotellaceae . In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_131
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