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Porphyromonas bennonis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Summanen Paula H, Lawson Paul A, Finegold Sydney M
Abstract excerpt
During our investigation of the bacteriology of human wound infections and abscesses, a novel anaerobic, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacillus was frequently isolated. On the basis of morphological and biochemical criteria, the strains were tentatively identified as belonging to the family Bacteroidaceae, but they did not appear to correspond to any recognized species of this family. Comparative 16S rRNA gene...
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