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Bacteroides forsythus sp. nov., a Slow-Growing, Fusiform Bacteroides sp. from the Human Oral Cavity
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1986
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Dental ConditionsMicrobial SystematicsMicrobial DiseaseFusiform Bacteroides SpOral CavityBacteriologyOral HygieneOral BiologyHuman Oral CavityOral MicrobiologyGenus BacteroidesMicrobiologyNew SpeciesName Bacteroides ForsythusMedicineClinical Microbiology
The characteristics of a group of slow-growing, fusiform, fastidious anaerobes isolated from advanced periodontal lesions in human oral cavities were examined. Our results indicated that 12 fusiform Bacteroides strains belong to a new species in the genus Bacteroides. The name Bacteroides forsythus is proposed for these isolates. The type strain is strain ATCC 43037.