Parabacteroides goldsteinii

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of obligately anaerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, Gram negative, rod-shaped bacterium in the family Porphyromonadaceae. This species is negative for urease and nitrate reduction. Acid is produced from cellobiose, glucose, rhamnose, sucrose, trehalose and xylose, but not from arabinose or xylan. P. goldsteinii was isolated from human clinical specimens of intestinal origin.

**Synonyms:** - Bacteroides goldsteinii - PARABACTEROIDES GOLDSTEINII