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Probable new species of Desulfovibrio isolated from a pyogenic liver abscess
1 Jul 1996
Abstract excerpt
A fastidious, slowly growing, spiral gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the liver abscess of an 82-year-old man with a 3-week history of febrile illness. The organism was an obligate anaerobe that grew at 37 and 42 degrees C but not at 25 degrees C. Its vibrioid or spiral morphology on Gram staining, rapid progressive motility, electron micrograph features, and biochemical tests were all consistent with...
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