Article
Phenotypic characteristics and DNA relatedness in Prevotella intermedia and similar organisms.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 1992
Fukushima H, Moroi H, Inoue J, Onoe T, Ezaki T, Yabuuchi E, Leung K P, Walker C B, Clark W B, Sagawa H
Abstract excerpt
We have recently isolated from the gingival pockets, periapical lesions and saliva some anaerobic gram-negative, black-pigmented rods. Many of these isolates exhibited phenotypic characteristics similar to Prevotella intermedia (Bacteroides intermedius). However, several of these isolates, although resembling P. intermedia in most of the phenotypic expressions, were capable of fermenting lactose, a biochemical...
Topics
- Bacteroides
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Humans
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Periodontal Diseases
- Phenotype
- Saliva