Some growth factors for Fusobacterium polymorphum.

Oral Fusobacteria.

The genus Fusobacterium was proposed by Knorr (1922) for the pointed, nonsporulating, gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli found in the oral cavity. On the basis of morphology, three species were named, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Fusobacterium polymorphum, and Fusobacterium plauti-vincentii. Similarly, Hine and Berry (1937) described three species, based primarily on morphological and cultural charac...

Genome Sequence of Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies Polymorphum — a Genetically Tractable Fusobacterium

Fusobacterium nucleatum is a prominent member of the oral microbiota and is a common cause of human infection. F. nucleatum includes five subspecies: polymorphum, nucleatum, vincentii, fusiforme, and animalis. F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum ATCC 10953 has been well characterized phenotypically and, in contrast to previously sequenced strains, is amenable to gene transfer. We sequenced and anno...

A Motile Strain of Fusobacterium Polymorphum

Immunochemical Analysis of Human Oral Strains of Fusobacterium and Leptotrichia.

de Araujo, Wilson C. (National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Md.), Eileen Varah, and Stephan E. Mergenhagen. Immunochemical analysis of human oral strains of Fusobacterium and Leptotrichia. J. Bacteriol. 86:837-844. 1963.-Lipopolysaccharides, isolated by phenol-water extraction of 27 strains of oral gram-negative bacteria conforming either to Fusobacterium polymorphum or Leptotrichia ...

Intrageneric relationships of members of the genus Fusobacterium as determined by reverse transcriptase sequencing of small-subunit rRNA.

The phylogenetic interrelationships of 14 members of the genus Fusobacterium were investigated by performing a comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA sequences of these organisms. The sequence data revealed considerable intrageneric heterogeneity. The four species Fusobacterium nucleatum (including F. nucleatum subsp. nucleatum, F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum, "F. nucleatum subsp. fusiforme," an...