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Fusobacterium watanabei sp. nov. As additional species within the genus Fusobacerium, isolated from human clinical specimens.
Anaerobe - 1 Jun 2021
Tomida Junko, Akiyama-Miyoshi Toru, Tanaka Kaori, Hayashi Masahiro, Kutsuna Ryo, Fujiwara Nagatoshi, Kawamura Yoshiaki
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Eight spindle-shaped bacteria were isolated from clinical samples in Japan and investigated for their taxonomic position. Phylogenetic trees (based on 16S rRNA, rpoB, zinc protease, and gyrB gene sequence comparisons) showed distinct clustering of eight strains with the type strain of Fusobacterium nucleatum and its closely related species. In silico whole genome comparison analysis based on average nucleotide...
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