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Isolation of the provisionally named Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis from human periodontal pockets.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Oct 2002
Loubinoux J, Bisson-Boutelliez C, Miller N, Le Faou A E
Abstract excerpt
Sulfate-reducing bacteria have recently been associated with periodontitis and proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of this chronic inflammatory process. Eight isolates of sulfate-reducing bacteria belonging to the genus Desulfovibrio were obtained from the periodontal pockets of five out of seven patients presenting with active periodontitis. A multiplex PCR was devised for their identification at the...
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