Prevotella intermedia

Prevotella intermedia (formerly Bacteroides intermedius) is a gram-negative, obligate anaerobic pathogenic bacterium involved in periodontal infections, including gingivitis and periodontitis, and often found in acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. It is commonly isolated from dental abscesses, where obligate anaerobes predominate.

Prevotella intermedia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Bacteroidia
Order:	Bacteroidales
Family:	Prevotellaceae
Genus:	Prevotella
Species:	P. intermedia
Binomial name
Prevotella intermedia (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1990

Prevotella intermedia is thought to be more prevalent in patients with noma. ^[1]

Prevotella intermedia use steroid hormones as growth factors, so their numbers are higher in pregnant women.^{[citation needed]} It has also been isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis.^[2]

See also

• Oral microbiology
• List of bacterial vaginosis microbiota