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This photomicrograph revealed the presence of the bacterium, Fusobacterium mortiferum, after having been cultured in a thioglycollate medium, and incubated for 48 hour time period. Like the genus Bacteroides, Fusobacterium are anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria that are normal inhabitants of the intestine. Fusobacterium spp. are associated with pleuropulmonary, and oral infections.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. V. R. Dowell, Jr.
Creation Date: 1972
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