Bacterium
fusobacterium varium
Definitions related to fusobacterium varium:
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A species of anaerobic, Gram-negative, fusiform rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Fusobacteria. This species is indole positive, catalase negative, produces propionate from threonine, but not lactate, does not hydrolyze esculin, starch or dextran, and does not reduce nitrate. F. varium has been isolated from human feces and sites of infection as well as the intestinal tract of rodents, roaches, and terminates.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Fusobacterium varium.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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