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A Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic bacterium that has emerged as the most consistently CRC-associated microorganism in human gut microbiome studies. F. nucleatum is the primary species of concern, originally a commensal of the oral cavity that translocates to colorecta…
A Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium within the Firmicutes phylum (family Peptostreptococcaceae) that has emerged as a consistently enriched organism in the colorectal cancer tumor microenvironment. While fusobacterium nucleatum receives the most attention as a…
A genus of Gram-negative, crescent-shaped, strictly anaerobic bacteria found in both the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Selenomonas species are characterized by their distinctive morphology -- a curved rod with a tuft of flagella arising from the concave si…
A Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacterium formerly classified as Streptococcus bovis biotype I that holds a unique position in clinical medicine as a sentinel organism for colorectal cancer. The detection of S. gallolyticus in blood cultures (bacteremia or endo…