Reassessing taxonomy and virulence in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group - Rebuttal of Fusobacterium animalis clades "Fna C1" and "Fna C2", genome announcement for Fusobacterium watanabei and description of Fusobacterium paranimalis sp. nov.
Audun Sivertsen, Diego Forni, Cristian Molteni, Joanna Małgorzata Bivand, Grete Dimmen, Torbjørn Sæle Bruvold, Manuela Sironi, Øyvind Kommedal
The paper corrects taxonomic errors in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group, reclassifies Fna C1 as F. watanabei, describes a new species F. paranimalis, and shows virulence genes are widespread across the group.
mBio · Jul 31, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics