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The Genus Fusobacterium

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The genus Fusobacterium includes several species of obligately anaerobic, nonsporeforming, motile or nonmotile, Gram-negative rods. Some are slender, spindle-shaped bacilli, others are pleomorphic rods with parallel sides and rounded ends. Their habitat is the mucous membranes of humans and animals.

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Hofstad, T. (1992). The Genus Fusobacterium. In: Balows, A., Trüper, H.G., Dworkin, M., Harder, W., Schleifer, KH. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2191-1_75

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