Reference genome; Type strain

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TAX:190304

Bacteria; Fusobacteria; Fusobacteriales; Fusobacteriaceae; Fusobacterium

GenBank (Assembly:GCA_000007325.1)
BioProject:295

Human pathogen

Microflora of the mouth in healthy or diseased humans.
Anaerobe facilitates the aggregation and establishment of several other species.
Principal source of energy appears to be the fermentation of glutamate to butyrate.
Desulfuration of cysteine and methionine yields ammonia, H2S, methyl mercaptan, and butyrate.
Capable of arresting fibroblast growth, thus preventing wound healing and aiding penetration of the gingival epithelium.
Isolated not only from the mouth but also from infections such as skin ulcers, peritonsillar abscesses, septic arthritis, and endocarditis.

Circular

GB:AE009951

2174500

Number of nucleotides:       2174500
Number of protein genes:        2067
Number of RNA genes:              62

2002

PMID:11889109

Kapatral V, Anderson I, Ivanova N, Reznik G, Los T, Lykidis A, Bhattacharyya A, Bartman A, Gardner W, Grechkin G, et al.

Genome sequence and analysis of the oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum strain ATCC 25586.

J Bacteriol 184:2005-18 (2002)
DOI:10.1128/JB.184.7.2005-2018.2002