Prevotella brevis is a species of bacterium.
Prevotella species are part of the human oral and vaginal microbiota. They play a role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease, gingivitis, extraoral and some odontogenic infections, and strains are usually carried in families, in so-called intrafamilial carriage. It is also associated with carotid atherosclerosis.
References
Further reading Species clustering:
Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
External links
Microbe wiki LPSN Type strain of Prevotella brevis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase