@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-6-1959, author = "Dorsch, M and Lovet, D N and Bailey, G D", title = "Fusobacterium equinum sp. nov., from the oral cavity of horses.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2001", volume = "51", number = "6", pages = "1959-1963", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-6-1959", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-6-1959", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two strains of gram-negative, anaerobic, non-sporulating rod that were isolated from the normal oral cavity and oral-associated disease from horses and which phenotypically resembled Fusobacterium necrophorum were characterized by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, phylogenetic analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization and phenotypic characterization. The results placed the novel strains as distinct members of the genus Fusobacterium. The novel species Fusobacterium equinum sp. nov. is proposed, with strain VPB 4027T (= NCTC 13176T = JCM 11174T) as the type strain.", }