Fusobacterium is a genus of obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-sporeforming bacteria belonging to Gracilicutes. Individual cells are slender, rod-shaped...

Fusobacterium nucleatum is a Gram-negative, anaerobic bacterium, commensal to the human oral cavity, that plays a role in periodontal disease. This organism...

Fusobacterium necrophorum is a species of bacteria responsible for Lemierre's syndrome. It has also been known to cause sinusitis, mastoiditis, and odontogenic...

emboli. Lemierre's syndrome occurs most often when a bacterial (e.g., Fusobacterium necrophorum) throat infection progresses to the formation of a peritonsillar...

Fusobacterium mortiferum is a bacterium in the family Fusobacteriaceae. Page Species: Fusobacterium mortiferum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Fusobacterium necrophorum. Streptococcal pharyngitis or strep throat is caused by...

Fusobacterium polymorphum is a subspecies strain of the anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, Fusobacterium nucleatum. Originally, it was isolated from...

tularensis (previously called Pasteurella tularensis) Fusobacterium necrophorum Fusobacterium nucleatum Gardnerella vaginalis Haemophilus Haemophilus...

tonsils), caused by infection with two types of bacteria called fusiform (Fusobacterium spp.) and spirochaetes (Borrelia spp. and Spirillum spp.). This symbiosis...

to Fusobacterium, and a closer member of Clostridium cluster IV. The bacterium is a gram-negative bacteria, as first classified to the Fusobacterium, however...