NCIt 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.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Parabacteroides
goldsteinii.;