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Role of a Tannerella forsythia exopolysaccharide synthesis operon in biofilm development.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Apr 2007
Honma Kiyonobu, Inagaki Satoru, Okuda Katsuji, Kuramitsu Howard K, Sharma Ashu
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Tannerella forsythia is a Gram-negative oral anaerobe implicated in the development of periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease induced by bacterial infections which leads to tooth loss if untreated. Since biofilms formed by periodontal bacteria are considered important in disease progression and pose difficulties in treatment, we sought to investigate the underlying mechanisms of T. forsythia biofilm...
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