TABLE 1.
Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria isolated from rabbit mandibular and maxillary abscesses
| Organism | No. of isolations from group (n)a
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I (3) | Group II (4) | Group III (4) | Group IV | |
| Anaerobic | ||||
| Actinomyces israelii | 2 | |||
| Arcanobacterium haemolyticum | 1 | |||
| Eubacterium brachy | 1 | |||
| Peptostreptococcus micros | 2 | 3 | ||
| Staphylococcus saccharolyticus | ||||
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 2 | 4 | ||
| Prevotella heparinolytica | 2 | |||
| Prevotella sp., no good fit | 1 | 2 | ||
| Desulfomonas pigra | ||||
| Aerobic | ||||
| Streptococcus intermedius | 3 | 3 | ||
| Streptococcus anginosus | 1 | |||
| Viridans group streptococcus, no good fit | 1 | |||
| β streptococcus, not groups A-G | 1 | |||
| Staphylococcus warnerii | 1 | |||
| Bacillus sp. | 1 | |||
| Achromobacter (Alcaligenes) xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans | 1 | |||
| Neisseria weaverii | 1 | |||
a
Group I yielded mixed aerobes and anaerobes; group II yielded anaerobes only; group III yielded aerobes only; group IV yielded only Arcanobacterium haemolyticum n, number of rabbits in group.