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MeSH Heading: Fusobacteria
Tree Number(s): B03.370
Unique ID: D045182
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045182
Annotation: FUSOBACTERIUM is also available; infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: A phylum of anaerobic, gram-negative bacteria with a chemoorganotrophic heterotrophic metabolism. They are resident flora of the OROPHARYNX.
Registry Numbers: txid32066
Previous Indexing: Fusobacterium (1965-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Fusobacteria MeSH Descriptor Data 2025