"Bacteroides fragilis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections.
| Descriptor ID |
D001441
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.140.094.152.400 B03.440.425.410.194.152.400
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bacteroides fragilis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bacteroides fragilis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacteroides fragilis" by people in Profiles.
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Antagonism by the type VI secretion system of Bacteroides fragilis is controlled by a TetR family regulator and released small molecule. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 14; 123(15):e2516485123.
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Discovery of a secreted Bacteroides fragilis mucinase that cleaves mucins with bis-T O-glycans through a carbohydrate binding module-dependent mechanism. Gut Microbes. 2026 Dec 31; 18(1):2644983.
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Lessons from the model gut Bacteroidales Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and future opportunities. J Bacteriol. 2025 11 20; 207(11):e0034625.
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A ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of a human gut symbiont. Science. 2024 10 25; 386(6720):414-420.
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Association between gut microbiota and CpG island methylator phenotype in colorectal cancer. Gut Microbes. 2024 Jan-Dec; 16(1):2363012.
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A novel conjugative transposon carrying an autonomously amplified plasmid. mBio. 2024 02 14; 15(2):e0278723.
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Bile acid fitness determinants of a Bacteroides fragilis isolate from a human pouchitis patient. mBio. 2024 01 16; 15(1):e0283023.
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Bacteroides fragilis Maintains Concurrent Capability for Anaerobic and Nanaerobic Respiration. J Bacteriol. 2023 01 26; 205(1):e0038922.
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A Combination of Structural, Genetic, Phenotypic and Enzymatic Analyses Reveals the Importance of a Predicted Fucosyltransferase to Protein O-Glycosylation in the Bacteroidetes. Biomolecules. 2021 11 30; 11(12).
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Analysis of a phase-variable restriction modification system of the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 11 04; 48(19):11040-11053.