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Using transmission electron microscopy, we examined the ultrastructures of 13 isolates and 2 reference strains of Eikenella corrodens, 6 isolates of Bacteroides gracilis, 6 isolates of Wolinella recta, 5 isolates of Campylobacter concisus, 2 reference strains of Bacteroides ureolyticus, 2 reference strains of Campylobacter fetus, 2 reference strains of Campylobacter sputorum, and 1 reference strain (VPI 9584) that was originally identified as Vibrio succinogenes. All E. corrodens strains were nonflagellated rods that were ultrastructurally distinct from another group of nonflagellated rod-shaped bacteria (B. gracilis and B. ureolyticus). The cells of W. recta strains were short rods, each having a single polar flagellum and a characteristic outer membrane covered with a distinctive array of hexagonally packed macromolecular subunits. C. concisus, C. fetus, C. sputorum, and strain VPI 9584 formed a heterogeneous group of monoflagellated rod-shaped bacteria. All of the strains which we examined had cell wall structures compatible with the structures of gram-negative microorganisms. The morphological distinctions among species appeared to be helpful in the identification of similar isolates.
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