Is this the historical 'cancer germ'?
A highly pleomorphic bacterium, isolated from a canine mammary tumour was found to share many characteristics with recently described cancer-related bacteria and with the Glover organism, a historically important 'cancer germ'. We suggest that both the Glover organism, and possibly other cancer-related bacteria, are likely to be a strain of the highly pleomorphic bacterium, Bacillus licheniformis.
Wainwright
Milton
M
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. m.wainwright@sheffield.ac.uk
Al Talih
Abdullah
A
D001407:Bacillus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*