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Strict Anaerobes: Fusobacterium

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This is a Gram's stain of Fusobacterium. This organism grows as a long filamentous (fusiform-shapes) rod. It gives a beaded appearance when stained.


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On blood agar, Fusobacterium produces small, entire alpha-hemolytic colonies that have a distinctive bad odor.