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This photomicrograph revealed the presence of the bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum, after having been cultured in a thioglycollate medium, for a 48 hour incubation period. F. necrophorum is a nonmotile, Gram-negative anaerobe that normally inhabitants the pharynx, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract. It is one of the major causative agents of Lemierre’s syndrome.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. V. R. Dowell, Jr.
Creation Date: 1972
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