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Fusobacterium nucleatum

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Catalogue No.

NCTC 11464

Current Name

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

A120/82

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Viande-leure agar, 37°C, Strict Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Anaerobic Fermentation

Lactose: -

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: -

Cytochrome C oxidase met. hydr. sulph.: -

Lecithinase / alpha: -

Strain Data

F. N. Guillermet, Institut Pasteur, Lyon in 1979 / Isolated from F. nucleatum SOR culture (NCTC 11326)

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1979

Depositor

GUILLERMET F N

History

ISOLATED FROM F NUCLEATUM SOR CULTURE(NCTC 11326)

Previous Catalogue Name

Fusobacterium naviforme

Applications

Extended Bibliography

Jalava, J. Eerola, E., (1999), Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov, Int J Syst Bacteriol, 1375-9, 1999 Jalava, J. Eerola, E., (1999), Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov, Int J Syst Bacteriol, 1375-9, 1999

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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