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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Fusobacterium
Bacteria > Fusobacteria > Fusobacterium

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Fusobacterium  

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Entry terms

  • Sphaerophorus

Note

  • infection = FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in cavities of humans and other animals. No endospores are formed. Some species are pathogenic and occur in various purulent or gangrenous infections.

History note

  • SPHAEROPHORUS was heading 1963-76 (see under BACTEROIDACEAE 1976)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005673

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