TABLE 1.

Specimen sources of fastidious anaerobic bacteria tested

Organism	Source
Gram negative
Bacteroides fragilis	Appendix
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	Gluteal abscess
Bilophila wadsworthia	Appendix
Fusobacterium necrophorum	Tonsillar abscess
Fusobacterium nucleatum (1)	Facial lesion
Fusobacterium nucleatum (2)	Appendix
Porphyromonas asaccharolytica	Diabetic foot
Porphyromonas gingivalis	Tongue
Prevotella buccae	Abdominal abscess
Prevotella intermedia	Respiratory, sinus
Prevotella melaninogenica	Sputum
Gram positive
Finegoldia magna	Respiratory, sinus
Parvimonas micra	Respiratory, sinus
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius	Unknown
Eggerthella lenta	Peri-rectal abscess
Propionibacterium acnes	Facial acne
Clostridium spp.
Clostridium clostridioforme	Gluteal abscess
Clostridium difficile (1), nontoxigenic	Stool
Clostridium difficile (2), ribotype BI	Stool
Clostridium ramosum	Blood