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Descriptor English: Fusobacterium
Descriptor Spanish: Fusobacterium
Descriptor Fusobacterium
Entry term(s) Sphaerophorus
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas, anaerobias, de forma bacilar, que se encuentran en las cavidades del hombre y de otros animales. No forman endosporas. Algunas especies son patógenas y se encuentran en diversas infecciones purulentas o gangrenosas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fusobacterium
Descriptor French: Fusobacterium
Entry term(s): Sphaerophorus
Tree number(s): B03.370.250
B03.440.425.410.420
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005673
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in cavities of humans and other animals. No endospores are formed. Some species are pathogenic and occur in various purulent or gangrenous infections.
Annotation: infection = FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: SPHAEROPHORUS was heading 1963-76 (see under BACTEROIDACEAE 1976)
Online Note: use FUSOBACTERIUM to search SPHAEROPHORUS 1966-76
History Note: SPHAEROPHORUS was heading 1963-76 (see under BACTEROIDACEAE 1976)
Entry Version: FUSOBACT
DeCS ID: 5811
Unique ID: D005673
NLM Classification: QW 133
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Fusobacterium - Preferred
Concept UI M0008916
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in cavities of humans and other animals. No endospores are formed. Some species are pathogenic and occur in various purulent or gangrenous infections.
Preferred term Fusobacterium
Entry term(s) Sphaerophorus



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