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Table 3. Comparison of Fusobacterium nucleatum in synovial fluid and dental plaque ofpatient 32.

Samples	Identification	# clones analyzed

synovial fluid	Fusobacterium nucleatum sbsp. polymorphum Oral Taxon 202	6^*

dental plaque	Fusobacterium nucleatum sbsp. animalis Oral Taxon 420	11
	Fusobacterium nucleatum sbsp. polymorphum Oral Taxon 202	2^*
	Fusobacterium nucleatum sbsp. vincentii Oral Taxon 200	8
	Fusobacterium nucleatum sbsp. nucleatum Oral Taxon 698	1
	Fusobacterium sp. Oral Taxon 203	1
	Fusobacterium sp. Oral Taxon 205	21

= 100% sequence match in the 16S rRNA region