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This photomicrograph depicts the Gram-negative bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis, which had been incubated in blood agar medium, for a 48 hour time period. B. fragilis, though a commensal bacteria that normally lives in the human gastrointestinal tract, this organism can become pathogenic under circumstances involving disruption of the normal intestinal mucosa, including trauma, or surgery.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. V.R. Dowell, Jr.
Creation Date: 1972
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