NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum
Bacteroidetes. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, hydrolyzes
starch and esculin, produces hydrogen sulfide, does not reduce nitrate and ferments
melezitose and cellobiose. B. ovatus is commensal and part of the normal human gastrointestinal
tract flora, but may become pathogenic in other body regions.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacteroides ovatus.;