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Coaggregation of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2001
Kamaguch A, Nakayama K, Ohyama T, Watanabe T, Okamoto M, Baba H
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis cells coaggregated with Prevotella intermedia cells. The coaggregation was inhibited with L-arginine, L-lysine, Nalpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, trypsin inhibitor, and leupeptin. Heat- and proteinase K-treated P. gingivalis cells showed no coaggregation with P. intermedia cells, whereas heat and proteinase K treatments of P. intermedia cells did not affect the coaggregation....
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