Classification of human and animal strains of Fusobacterium necrophorum by their pathogenic effects in mice.

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Forty-six strains of Fusobacterium necrophorum, 24 from animals and 22 of human origin, were examined by pathogenicity tests in mice, while the same strains were being examined in laboratories elsewhere by other methods. The pathogenicity tests consisted of (1) subcutaneous inoculation with a large dose of a pure culture, (2) subcutaneous inoculation with a small dose of F. necrophorum mixed with a large but...

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