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FusobacteriumRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: cellular organisms -> Bacteria -> Fusobacteria -> Fusobacteriia -> Fusobacteriales -> Fusobacteriaceae -> Fusobacterium OVERVIEW: Nonsporeforming rods that are Gram-stain-negative and obligately anaerobic. Metabolize peptone or carbohydrates in PY-glucose to produce butyrate, often with acetate and lower levels of lactate, propionate, succinate, and formate. DNA G+C content (mol%): 26–34.Type species: Fusobacterium nucleatum This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072]
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