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Isolation of Leptotrichia buccalis and Fusobacterium Species from Oral Material

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CONSIDERABLE difficulty has been experienced by many workers in distinguishing between strains of Leptotrichia buccalis (Trevisan) and species of Fusobacterium (Knorr).

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BAIRD-PARKER, A. Isolation of Leptotrichia buccalis and Fusobacterium Species from Oral Material. Nature 180, 1056–1057 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801056b0

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