Fusobacterium is a genus of obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-sporeforming bacteria belonging to Gracilicutes. Individual cells are slender, rod-shaped...
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Fusobacterium nucleatum is a Gram-negative, anaerobic bacterium, commensal to the human oral cavity, that plays a role in periodontal disease. This organism...
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Fusobacterium necrophorum is a species of bacteria responsible for Lemierre's syndrome. It has also been known to cause sinusitis, mastoiditis, and odontogenic...
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emboli. Lemierre's syndrome occurs most often when a bacterial (e.g., Fusobacterium necrophorum) throat infection progresses to the formation of a peritonsillar...
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Fusobacterium mortiferum is a bacterium in the family Fusobacteriaceae. Page Species: Fusobacterium mortiferum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with...
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Pharyngitis (section Fusobacterium necrophorum)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Fusobacterium necrophorum. Streptococcal pharyngitis or strep throat is caused by...
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Fusobacterium polymorphum is a subspecies strain of the anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, Fusobacterium nucleatum. Originally, it was isolated from...
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tularensis (previously called Pasteurella tularensis) Fusobacterium necrophorum Fusobacterium nucleatum Gardnerella vaginalis Haemophilus Haemophilus...
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tonsils), caused by infection with two types of bacteria called fusiform (Fusobacterium spp.) and spirochaetes (Borrelia spp. and Spirillum spp.). This symbiosis...
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Faecalibacterium (redirect from Fusobacterium prausnitzii)
to Fusobacterium, and a closer member of Clostridium cluster IV. The bacterium is a gram-negative bacteria, as first classified to the Fusobacterium, however...
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